Meaning and history
Meaning unknown. The name was first used by William Congreve in his comedy The Old Bachelor (1693) and later by John Vanbrugh in his comedy The Confederacy (1705). It was also the original given name of abolitionist Harriet Tubman (1820–1913), who was born Araminta Ross.
Araminta moved from #842 to #858 for girls between 1880 and 1884. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 7.