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Aman

#2,285 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Place name used as a given name; older meaning unconfirmed

Aman has been given to 2,633 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #2,285 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 121 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Aman, 2025

1 in 54,300

Aman over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aman over time

In 2025, Aman went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19692025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aman: meaning, origin, and history

Place name used as a given name; older meaning unconfirmed

Javanese and place names

What Aman means

Aman comes from a place name.

Origin, language, and formation

Aman is used in Indonesian and Welsh. Its origins include Javanese and place names.

Aman comes through Javanese Aman.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Aman is pronounced /ˈam.an/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,453 boys were recorded with the name Aman between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 121 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,219 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,689 in 2020 to #2,285 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,354 in 2015 to #2,285 in 2025.

In the United States, 180 girls were recorded with the name Aman between 1988 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1998; its best national rank was #7,123 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aman?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 54,300
61 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,285
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
37,672 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aman sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 37,672 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aman. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aman was born before 2005 — so the typical Aman is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
38.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,453
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 38.6% of all recorded uses (948).

Is Aman rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−74
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+404
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+69
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.11×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
50.4%
Peak was 2004 (121)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,219
2001

Spellings of Aman

Aman is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 17.7% against Aman's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Aman is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Aman was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 38,785 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 16,667
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3New York1 in 25,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 33,333
  5. 5Virginia1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 50,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Aman is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Aman was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,851,917 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aman has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aman around the world

Where Aman ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,226
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2000–2005
    #535
    in 2005
  • Ireland
    2004–2004
    #506
    in 2004
  • France
    1902–2025
    #2,199
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Aman

People whose public names include Aman, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Aman in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Aman. Linked forms have their own page here.

ArmanAmant

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Aman by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,285
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 404
Best rank ever
#1,219
2001
Peak year
2004
121 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,453
Count in 2025
61

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,123
1998
Peak year
1998
13 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
180
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aman

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AmarAmaniAmadoAmaanAmauriAmaruAmareAmayAmadeoImanAmadorAmalAmauryAymanAmandoAmadouUsmanAmareeAmaarOsmanAmadeusAmariiArmanAmaris

Names with a curve like Aman

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Aman, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

YonatanWillemDaylanDaylonSahilKamilAshwinJavinYashCaelanQuinlanLuc

Sibling names for Aman

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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