Is Aminata a boy or girl name?

Aminata is a girl’s name. Of the 2,314 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Aminata

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Aminata was most popular in 2015, when 99 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,565 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,351, with 73 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,314 people named Aminata.

Aminata over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aminata’s peak in 2015. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aminata a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aminata is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,314 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Aminata

Where Aminata is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org