Amani
#678 for girls in 2025, 419 births · #1,585 for boys in 2025, 107 births
Given to girls 82.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 528 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,440since 1969
Amani over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #678 | 419 | #1,585 | 107 |
| 2024 | #636 | 464 | #1,275 | 154 |
| 2023 | #621 | 481 | #1,489 | 120 |
| 2022 | #584 | 513 | #1,771 | 93 |
| 2021 | #685 | 424 | #2,040 | 72 |
| 2020 | #659 | 437 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #708 | 403 | #2,001 | 73 |
| 2018 | #741 | 374 | #2,101 | 67 |
| 2017 | #763 | 363 | #1,918 | 75 |
| 2016 | #708 | 402 | #1,991 | 72 |
| 2015 | #728 | 389 | #1,846 | 80 |
| 2014 | #646 | 441 | #1,920 | 75 |
| 2013 | #589 | 482 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | #574 | 512 | #1,428 | 116 |
| 2011 | #562 | 520 | #1,476 | 110 |
| 2010 | #553 | 528 | #1,447 | 114 |
| 2009 | #580 | 524 | #1,443 | 116 |
| 2008 | #585 | 529 | #1,263 | 138 |
| 2007 | #650 | 456 | #1,527 | 103 |
| 2006 | #686 | 411 | #1,306 | 126 |
| 2005 | #644 | 431 | #1,584 | 87 |
| 2004 | #597 | 468 | #1,309 | 113 |
| 2003 | #709 | 368 | #1,656 | 75 |
| 2002 | #675 | 372 | #1,660 | 71 |
| 2001 | #719 | 339 | #1,400 | 89 |
| 2000 | #747 | 308 | #1,641 | 71 |
| 1999 | #791 | 277 | #1,720 | 60 |
| 1998 | #733 | 298 | #1,680 | 61 |
| 1997 | #820 | 252 | #1,836 | 51 |
| 1996 | #827 | 242 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #1,002 | 187 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #1,129 | 159 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #1,358 | 121 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #1,713 | 87 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Amani! It came in at #6,617, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Amani is popular in 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Delaware#190 · 1 in 616
- South Carolina#267 · 1 in 1,141
- Virginia#294 · 1 in 1,370
- Georgia#322 · 1 in 1,579
- North Carolina#337 · 1 in 1,710
Best ever in a state: #91 in District of Columbia, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #190 | 5 | 1 in 616 |
| South Carolina | #267 | 15 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Virginia | #294 | 27 | 1 in 1,370 |
| Georgia | #322 | 32 | 1 in 1,579 |
| North Carolina | #337 | 26 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Maryland | #342 | 15 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Louisiana | #355 | 13 | 1 in 1,599 |
| New Jersey | #392 | 20 | 1 in 2,081 |
| Pennsylvania | #424 | 24 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Florida | #427 | 35 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Ohio | #432 | 23 | 1 in 2,501 |
| New York | #458 | 38 | 1 in 2,553 |
| Michigan | #527 | 15 | 1 in 3,216 |
| Massachusetts | #534 | 9 | 1 in 3,256 |
| Kansas | #560 | 5 | 1 in 2,709 |
| Missouri | #612 | 8 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Illinois | #628 | 19 | 1 in 3,605 |
| Indiana | #725 | 7 | 1 in 4,645 |
| California | #733 | 50 | 1 in 4,577 |
| Tennessee | #790 | 6 | 1 in 5,077 |
| Colorado | #833 | 5 | 1 in 4,939 |
| Arizona | #960 | 6 | 1 in 5,737 |
| Texas | #1,097 | 21 | 1 in 7,585 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amani
- 42 spots since 2024 (#636 → #678)
- 19 spots since 2020 (#659 → #678)
- 50 spots since 2015 (#728 → #678)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1996 (#1,002 → #827)
- Biggest drop: 82 spots in 2015 (#646 → #728)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2010 at #553 (528 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1996–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,197 girls born in 2022 were named Amani (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,836 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #553 in 2010, was only 1 in 3,367 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.8% of all girls named Amani (4,414) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,617 (1969) | #6,617 |
| 1970s | 106 | #4,227 (1974) | #5,689 |
| 1980s | 226 | #2,338 (1989) | #4,295 |
| 1990s | 1,744 | #733 (1998) | #1,273 |
| 2000s | 4,206 | #580 (2009) | #659 |
| 2010s | 4,414 | #553 (2010) | #657 |
| 2020s | 2,738 | #584 (2022) | #644 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amani in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 3,924 of them was named Amani, which outranked 96.8% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 17,566 of them was named Amani, which outranked 90.1% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,304Floyd114
- #1,304Leif114
- #1,304Santana114
- #1,309Amani113
- #1,309Bradly113
- #1,309Brandan113
- #1,309Jermiah113
- #1,316Abdul112
- #1,316Antwon112
- #1,316Bishop112
Tied with 6 names at #1,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.