girls:
12.5k births since 1969
#1399 (76th percentile)
boys:
2.6k births since 1970
#2461 (46th percentile)
overall:
15.2k births since 1969
#2128 (73rd percentile)
The name Amani is the #2,128 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,172 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 72.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,399 (75.5% percentile) for all time with 12,549 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #2,461 (46.3% percentile) for all time with 2,623 births since 1970.
Amani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1970 for boys).
The name Amani has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 80.0% of babies named Amani were girls.
For girls, Amani reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 48.7% percentile (ranked #485) with 269 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 286 births per million (ranked 47.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #521 (45.0% percentile) with 274 births per million.
For boys, Amani reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #774) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amani is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #796 (12.6% percentile) with 66 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amani".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Amani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.9% confident that Amani is pronounced as uh-MAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-MAH-nee, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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