Amalia

What Amalia means

Means “vigor, bravery”

Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”), like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida.

Source: Wiktionary, “Amalia” (revision 93847863), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amalia?

US: Rising: up from #827 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #517 in 2015, #502 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 576 girls got the name (#528 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,033 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,166 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.84 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.83 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amalia is #566 in the US and #502 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amalia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amelia12,699 US · 2,153 E&W
• Emilia4,677 US · 832 E&W
• Amelie329 US · 398 E&W
• Emelia488 US · 65 E&W
• Amilia158 US · 10 E&W
• Amalie37 US · 39 E&W
• Ameliah40 US · 5 E&W
• Amellia30 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amalia

Girls

• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Zelda#832Editor’s note Down from #648 in 2015 to #832 in 2025 in the US
• Evelina#778Editor’s note Up from #1,354 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US
• Willa#422Editor’s note Up from #480 in 2015 to #422 in 2025 in the US
• Louisa#694Form of Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*

For a brother

• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amalia’s. Rank is US 2025.