Amalee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MAH-lee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Amalee is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Amalee mean?
Germanic: spelling of Amalie; German and Scandinavian form of Amalia
“work”
The German and Scandinavian form of Amalia, from the Germanic element amal, 'work'.
Meaning borrowed from Amalie.
Is Amalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Amalee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amalee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
Amalee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Amalee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Amalee, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Amalee in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Amalee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Amalee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Amalee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Amira, Ayah, Abeeha, Zainab, Ayra, Amelie, Nusaybah, Amaya, Aaminah, Hafsa
Other spellings of Amalee
Names related to Amalee
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amalee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amalee, updated 20 October 2026.