Yamina

#10,881 in 2025Girls' name

Right hand, oath

Yamina has been given to 196 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #10,881 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Yamina, 2025

1 in 368,000

Yamina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yamina: meaning, origin, and history

Right hand, oath

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yamina means

Yamina means “right hand, oath”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 196 girls were recorded with the name Yamina between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1995; its best national rank was #8,060 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,002 in 2020 to #10,881 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,949 in 2015 to #10,881 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Yamina?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,881; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yamina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yamina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yaminas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yamina was born before 2008 — so the typical Yamina is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 28.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 196; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 28.1% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Yamina 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: +6,710; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,121; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,068; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.13×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 81.8%; Peak was 1995 (11)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,060; 1995

Spellings of Yamina

Yamina is not the most common spelling — Camila is, with 16.1% against Yamina's 0.03%.

Camila16.1%123,854
Ramona9.2%70,874
Karina8.0%61,464
Alina5.9%45,387
Marina5.1%39,514
Amira3.3%25,609
Tamika3.0%22,760
Yasmin2.8%21,747

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.

Yamina around the world

Where Yamina 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
1999–2025
#5,927
in 2025
France
1925–2025
#813
in 2025
Canada
2004–2004
#2,752
in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Yamina by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,881
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,121
Best rank ever: #8,060; 1995
Peak year: 1995; 11 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 196
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Yamina

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

Yamira Yamari Yamaris Yamani Solina Zorina Verina Zerina Hasina Molina Nalina Kelina Yameli Almina Jelina Lumina Momina Ellina Allina Milina Yelina Mubina Valina Yalina

Sibling names for Yamina

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

For a sister

Salena Breonna Breann Cydney Reanna Sydnie Ciera Cinthia

For a brother

Coty Brandan Elizabeth Jarod Samual Trever Mitchel Madison

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