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Amali

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-MAA-lee
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7,131 for girls

Amali is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).

Where does Amali come from?

Sanskrit: probably from Sanskrit amala 'spotless'; also linked to Arabic amal 'hope'

Is Amali a girl's or a boy's name?

Amali 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 Amali in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Amali, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 girls.

2025 had more girls named Amali than any year since 2020.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2002Busiest: 7 in 20162025
Amali in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20233#5,929
20223#5,885
20210–
20204#4,744
20190–
20180–
20170–
20167#3,389
20155#4,294
20140–
20130–
20120–
20114#4,980
20100–
20093#5,801
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20023#4,284

How popular is Amali in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,131among girls
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 73% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Amali, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Amali than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Amali in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 23 in 20222025
Amali in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#7,131
202418#6,391
202319#6,164
202223#5,462
202119#6,170
202013#7,964
201911#9,106
20186#13,788
201714#7,836
20166#14,326
20155#16,413
20147#13,063
20139#10,995
201211#9,706
20119#11,175
20109#11,240
200920#6,541
200811#10,080
200713#9,003
20065#17,163
20058#11,828
20040–
20030–
20020–
20019#10,095
20008#10,738

Names like Amali

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Amali

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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, “Amali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amali, updated 20 October 2026.