Amelia

What Amelia means

Means “vigor, bravery”

A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amalą (“vigor, bravery”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amelia” (revision 93847859), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amelia?

US: Rising: up from #12 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1 in 2015, #3 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 13,041 girls got the name (#4 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 127 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 118 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 88 baby girls in Scotland 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 WY (22.19 per 1,000 girls), AK (18.75 per 1,000 girls), VT (16.43 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amelia is #4 in the US and #3 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 Amelia 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

• Emilia4,677 US · 832 E&W
• Amelie329 US · 398 E&W
• Amalia530 US · 80 E&W
• Emelia488 US · 65 E&W
• Amilia158 US · 10 E&W
• Amalie37 US · 39 E&W
• Ameliah40 US · 5 E&W
• Emmelia37 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 Amelia

Girls

• Willa#422Editor’s note Up from #480 in 2015 to #422 in 2025 in the US
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Evelina#778Editor’s note Up from #1,354 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Zelda#832Editor’s note Down from #648 in 2015 to #832 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• 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
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• 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
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*

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 Amelia’s. Rank is US 2025.