Mostly girls · peaked in 2022
Amani name popularity since 1925
16,330 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Amani (82.3% girls, 17.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2010 or earlier, so the typical Amani is about 16 years old in 2026. Amani peaked in 2022 as the #584 name for girls, and it ranked #678 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,330
- Named Amani, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #678
- for girls in 2025 (419 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 82.3% girls
- 13,440 girls · 2,890 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.28× its national share
Peak year is the year Amani made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Amani births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2008. Measured as a share of all babies, Amani peaked in 2022.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, Amani became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 15,000 baby girls to 1 in 5,930.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Amani's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Amani.
Decade by decade
Babies named Amani in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 6 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 106 | 47 | #7,194 |
| 1980s | 226 | 13 | #4,131 |
| 1990s | 1,744 | 355 | #1,002 |
| 2000s | 4,206 | 989 | #644 |
| 2010s | 4,414 | 860 | #729 |
| 2020–25 | 2,738 | 626 | #678 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.6% of babies named Amani from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Amani is most popular
The index compares Amani's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Amani.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.28× | 1,104 |
| Maryland | 2.25× | 459 |
| Georgia | 1.99× | 738 |
| Virginia | 1.79× | 541 |
| New Jersey | 1.75× | 647 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Amani and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Amani (this page) | 13,440 | 2022 |
| Amoni | 1,456 | 2021 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Amani's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Amani.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Amani (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data