Baby name

Amelia

Girl

Origin of the name

Amelia is linked to the Germanic amal, “work, vigor,” and has blended with Emilia. The aviator Amelia Earhart made it famous.

Rising name

The high point came in 2021, with 13,041 births and the No. 4 spot that year. The rise continues, up 25% on the previous ten years. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 4. 33% of all babies named Amelia since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

281,130births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 4rank at its peak, in 2021

Where babies named Amelia are born

2021

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The darker the blue, the more common Amelia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Amelia is most common in Alaska (1.9 times), Nevada (1.7) and Utah (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Amalia 16,478
Emelia 14,028
Amelie 9,654
Adelia 5,717
Melia 5,321
Amilia 3,038

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