Meaning not yet researched.
Amelia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12,699 in 2025. Its best rank was #3 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3 in 2024; #4 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Amelia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #3.
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Amelia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12,699 girls in 2025. Peak: #3 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 13,041 (2021).
In 2025, 12,699 US girls were named Amelia, making it the 4th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1 place from #3 in 2024. That is 87 fewer than the 12,786 girls named Amelia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3, reached in 2024. The most girls given the name in a single year was 13,041, in 2021. For comparison, it was #12 in 2015 and #357 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Amelia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 221 babies with the name. In all, 281,414 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 93,916 babies named Amelia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 124,136 US girls were named Amelia; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 13,041. In 2025 that was about 1 in 127 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Amelia ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #1 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Amalia (16,478 babies since 1880), Emelia (14,028 babies since 1880), Amelie (9,654 babies since 1880) and Malka (6,505 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Amalie, Amellia and Amillia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Amy, Emily, Mel and Millie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Amalie (1,461), Amellia (855), Amillia (795), Amelya (760), Amelio (614), Amela (467), Amylia (420), Amely (410), Amalya (392), Amulya (390), Amilio (362), Ameliya (328), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 105 | #1 | #20 |
| Georgia | 450 | #1 | #13 |
| North Carolina | 459 | #1 | #15 |
| Kentucky | 212 | #1 | #14 |
| Louisiana | 212 | #1 | #9 |
| South Carolina | 241 | #2 | #13 |
| Alabama | 204 | #2 | #8 |
| Indiana | 331 | #2 | #7 |
| West Virginia | 82 | #2 | #8 |
| Arkansas | 122 | #2 | #16 |
| Tennessee | 342 | #2 | #10 |
| Oregon | 163 | #2 | #9 |
| Ohio | 482 | #2 | #10 |
| Alaska | 31 | #2 | #5 |
| Missouri | 288 | #2 | #7 |
| Michigan | 368 | #2 | #8 |
| Idaho | 94 | #2 | #15 |
| Maine | 45 | #2 | #3 |
| Montana | 40 | #3 | #15 |
| Washington | 283 | #3 | #13 |
| Wyoming | 18 | #3 | #4 |
| Oklahoma | 161 | #3 | #13 |
| Rhode Island | 39 | #3 | #8 |
| Kansas | 120 | #4 | #13 |
| Nebraska | 79 | #4 | #14 |
| Iowa | 112 | #4 | #8 |
| Arizona | 289 | #4 | #14 |
| Pennsylvania | 468 | #4 | #14 |
| Connecticut | 149 | #4 | #11 |
| Virginia | 296 | #5 | #15 |
| Massachusetts | 245 | #6 | #11 |
| Florida | 908 | #6 | #12 |
| Hawaii | 31 | #6 | #12 |
| Illinois | 405 | #6 | #10 |
| North Dakota | 30 | #6 | #18 |
| New Hampshire | 51 | #6 | #6 |
| Nevada | 102 | #6 | #25 |
| Utah | 155 | #6 | #9 |
| Wisconsin | 186 | #6 | #8 |
| Texas | 1,329 | #7 | #27 |
| New York | 622 | #7 | #12 |
| New Jersey | 317 | #7 | #12 |
| Delaware | 29 | #7 | #36 |
| Colorado | 187 | #7 | #13 |
| California | 1,370 | #7 | #27 |
| Vermont | 16 | #8 | #29 |
| New Mexico | 53 | #8 | #12 |
| Maryland | 159 | #9 | #20 |
| District of Columbia | 27 | #9 | #22 |
| South Dakota | 30 | #10 | #10 |
| Minnesota | 162 | #11 | #9 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,699 | #4 | 6 | #10,771 |
| 2024 | 12,786 | #3 | 9 | #8,353 |
| 2023 | 12,365 | #4 | 7 | #9,814 |
| 2022 | 12,415 | #4 | 13 | #6,497 |
| 2021 | 13,041 | #4 | 8 | #8,873 |
| 2020 | 12,802 | #6 | 6 | #10,673 |
| 2019 | 12,944 | #7 | 14 | #6,118 |
| 2018 | 12,405 | #8 | 9 | #8,192 |
| 2017 | 11,870 | #8 | 12 | #6,709 |
| 2016 | 10,809 | #10 | 7 | #9,714 |
| 2015 | 9,878 | #12 | — | — |
| 2014 | 8,805 | #15 | 9 | #8,168 |
| 2013 | 8,052 | #17 | 8 | #8,836 |
| 2012 | 7,249 | #23 | — | — |
| 2011 | 6,374 | #30 | 7 | #9,656 |
| 2010 | 5,464 | #41 | — | — |
| 2009 | 4,705 | #55 | 5 | #12,589 |
| 2008 | 4,352 | #68 | — | — |
| 2007 | 4,194 | #77 | 7 | #9,831 |
| 2006 | 4,065 | #83 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2005 | 3,912 | #84 | 6 | #10,198 |
| 2004 | 3,354 | #96 | 14 | #5,509 |
| 2003 | 3,097 | #111 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2,444 | #139 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,638 | #199 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,531 | #207 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,421 | #225 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,425 | #215 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,317 | #228 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,292 | #222 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,207 | #237 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,255 | #226 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1,248 | #224 | 5 | #8,744 |
| 1992 | 1,345 | #214 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,536 | #194 | 5 | #8,275 |
| 1990 | 1,513 | #194 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,265 | #216 | 8 | #5,644 |
| 1988 | 1,130 | #232 | — | — |
| 1987 | 1,006 | #254 | 5 | #6,997 |
| 1986 | 1,020 | #252 | 5 | #6,760 |
| 1985 | 1,015 | #249 | — | — |
| 1984 | 1,094 | #232 | 6 | #5,587 |
| 1983 | 762 | #304 | 6 | #5,509 |
| 1982 | 832 | #297 | — | — |
| 1981 | 848 | #287 | — | — |
| 1980 | 768 | #316 | — | — |
| 1979 | 702 | #337 | 5 | #6,091 |
| 1978 | 643 | #339 | — | — |
| 1977 | 601 | #362 | — | — |
| 1976 | 523 | #394 | — | — |
| 1975 | 523 | #387 | — | — |
| 1974 | 507 | #399 | — | — |
| 1973 | 442 | #436 | — | — |
| 1972 | 406 | #458 | — | — |
| 1971 | 481 | #432 | — | — |
| 1970 | 493 | #445 | — | — |
| 1969 | 465 | #445 | — | — |
| 1968 | 390 | #489 | — | — |
| 1967 | 450 | #445 | — | — |
| 1966 | 431 | #452 | — | — |
| 1965 | 475 | #431 | — | — |
| 1964 | 503 | #438 | — | — |
| 1963 | 503 | #433 | — | — |
| 1962 | 494 | #436 | — | — |
| 1961 | 571 | #407 | 5 | #4,080 |
| 1960 | 542 | #414 | — | — |
| 1959 | 502 | #424 | — | — |
| 1958 | 484 | #427 | — | — |
| 1957 | 520 | #404 | — | — |
| 1956 | 526 | #392 | — | — |
| 1955 | 530 | #383 | — | — |
| 1954 | 511 | #380 | — | — |
| 1953 | 552 | #360 | — | — |
| 1952 | 549 | #350 | — | — |
| 1951 | 532 | #345 | — | — |
| 1950 | 483 | #357 | — | — |
| 1949 | 589 | #320 | — | — |
| 1948 | 564 | #330 | 6 | #3,330 |
| 1947 | 539 | #343 | — | — |
| 1946 | 547 | #318 | — | — |
| 1945 | 474 | #312 | — | — |
| 1944 | 476 | #307 | — | — |
| 1943 | 559 | #292 | — | — |
| 1942 | 543 | #290 | — | — |
| 1941 | 529 | #279 | 6 | #3,148 |
| 1940 | 504 | #279 | — | — |
| 1939 | 489 | #282 | — | — |
| 1938 | 570 | #265 | — | — |
| 1937 | 647 | #245 | — | — |
| 1936 | 580 | #254 | 5 | #3,563 |
| 1935 | 604 | #255 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1934 | 553 | #264 | — | — |
| 1933 | 608 | #246 | — | — |
| 1932 | 637 | #243 | 9 | #2,647 |
| 1931 | 591 | #248 | 7 | #3,104 |
| 1930 | 679 | #236 | 12 | #2,297 |
| 1929 | 687 | #229 | 5 | #3,980 |
| 1928 | 755 | #227 | — | — |
| 1927 | 754 | #235 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1926 | 746 | #236 | 7 | #3,397 |
| 1925 | 889 | #216 | 5 | #4,212 |
| 1924 | 910 | #216 | — | — |
| 1923 | 965 | #205 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,032 | #195 | — | — |
| 1921 | 995 | #200 | 7 | #3,538 |
| 1920 | 1,054 | #190 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,085 | #181 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,115 | #183 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,160 | #173 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,159 | #167 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,115 | #165 | — | — |
| 1914 | 926 | #156 | — | — |
| 1913 | 721 | #161 | — | — |
| 1912 | 672 | #160 | — | — |
| 1911 | 430 | #174 | — | — |
| 1910 | 449 | #163 | — | — |
| 1909 | 388 | #163 | — | — |
| 1908 | 370 | #163 | — | — |
| 1907 | 380 | #163 | — | — |
| 1906 | 358 | #160 | — | — |
| 1905 | 365 | #155 | — | — |
| 1904 | 353 | #153 | — | — |
| 1903 | 347 | #150 | — | — |
| 1902 | 355 | #149 | — | — |
| 1901 | 350 | #140 | — | — |
| 1900 | 398 | #146 | — | — |
| 1899 | 332 | #140 | — | — |
| 1898 | 360 | #140 | — | — |
| 1897 | 408 | #121 | — | — |
| 1896 | 365 | #131 | — | — |
| 1895 | 379 | #125 | — | — |
| 1894 | 390 | #119 | — | — |
| 1893 | 385 | #114 | — | — |
| 1892 | 385 | #118 | — | — |
| 1891 | 353 | #112 | — | — |
| 1890 | 368 | #109 | — | — |
| 1889 | 346 | #110 | — | — |
| 1888 | 358 | #108 | — | — |
| 1887 | 344 | #93 | — | — |
| 1886 | 326 | #101 | — | — |
| 1885 | 298 | #102 | — | — |
| 1884 | 315 | #96 | — | — |
| 1883 | 262 | #97 | — | — |
| 1882 | 252 | #102 | — | — |
| 1881 | 235 | #93 | — | — |
| 1880 | 221 | #96 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).