Amelie

What Amelie means

French form of Amelia, meaning “vigor, bravery”

a female given name, equivalent to English Amelia || A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amalą (“vigor, bravery”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amélie” (revision 89601810) and “Amelia” (revision 93847859), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amelie?

US: Falling: down from #638 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #62 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 466 girls got the name (#603 that year). First in the US records in 1886.

How common

• About 1 in 4,885 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 636 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,118 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 LA (0.79 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.44 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.43 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amelie is #827 in the US and #122 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 Amelie were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amelia12,699 US · 2,153 E&W
• Amalia530 US · 80 E&W
• Emelia488 US · 65 E&W
• Emilie170 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 Amelie

Girls

• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

For a brother

• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amelie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.