Amani Girl
How popular is Amani?
#678 girl name in 2025
419 baby girls were named Amani in the US in 2025, making it the 678th most popular girl name. Another 107 boys got the name (#1,585 for boys).
Amani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #678 for girls (▼ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 419 girls, 107 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #728 in 2015, #659 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (529 girls) |
| Highest rank | #553 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 18% boys, 82% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amani family of names ranked #615 for girls in 2025 (#585 the year before), with 451 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amani | 419 | 93% |
| Ahmani | 20 | 4% |
| Aamani | 7 | 2% |
| Amany | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amani is most popular
Babies named Amani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.7 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.6 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Amani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1970s | 106 | #4,226 |
| 1980s | 226 | #2,333 |
| 1990s | 1,744 | #733 |
| 2000s | 4,206 | #580 |
| 2010s | 4,414 | #553 |
| 2020s | 2,738 | #584 |
Girl names about as popular as Amani
Questions
- Is Amani a boy or girl name?
- Amani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 82% of babies named Amani were girls.
- How popular is the name Amani?
- 419 baby girls were named Amani in the US in 2025, making it the 678th most popular girl name. Another 107 boys got the name (#1,585 for boys).
- When was Amani most popular?
- Amani peaked in 2008, when 529 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #553 in 2010.
- How many people are named Amani?
- 16,330 babies have been named Amani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,182 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Amani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amani was most common in New Mexico, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.