Amala
Girl · AH-muh-lah · Sanskrit
Amala is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “pure, spotless”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Amala mean?
Sanskrit: feminine of Amal
“pure, spotless”
Sanskrit word for pure or spotless.
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Is Amala a girl's or a boy's name?
Amala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amala in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Amala, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Amala than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Amala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Amala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
How popular is Amala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Amala, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Amala in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Amala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Abeeha Aaliyah Ayra Hafsa Khadija Ayah Hiba Aiza Ayla Zainab
Names related to Amala
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