The name Amani is of Arabic origin, and means wishes.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Amani has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Amani
Use of the Name Amani for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,909
2,909
2,909
2,909
1,841
824
457
The table below indicates the number of times the name Amani has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Amani first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1996, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Amani
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1996
828
242
1997
819
251
1998
733
298
1999
788
277
2000
745
308
2001
716
339
2002
675
370
2003
707
367
2004
602
457
Totals:
2,909
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Amani as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Amani appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 9 times during the last 125 years.