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Amalia

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-MAH-lee-a
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#541 for girls
US rank, 2025
#566 for girls

Amalia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 541st for girls in the UK (80 babies) and 566th for girls in the US (530 babies).

What does Amalia mean?

Germanic

“work”

From the Germanic element amal, 'work', which is also the root of Amelia.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Amalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 girls in the UK and 530 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Amalia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
541st among girls
Babies in 2025
80 about 1 in 3,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 80 girls in the UK were named Amalia, making it the 541st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 429th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 131 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Amalia than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Amalia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 85 girls in the UK were given Amalia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #501, up from #541 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 502nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 131 in 20212025
Amalia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202580#541
2024108#437
2023110#418
202298#475
2021131#385
2020110#429
2019107#440
2018119#413
201799#488
201688#535
201588#534
201471#632
201342#949
201254#785
201136#1,039
201036#1,004
200936#976
200833#1,015
200729#1,082
200628#1,062
200525#1,077
200425#1,048
200326#997
200212#1,649
200111#1,723
200021#1,073
199910#1,770
199813#1,505
19977#2,281
199610#1,741

How popular is Amalia in the US?

Rank in 2025
566th among girls
Babies in 2025
530 about 1 in 3,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 530 girls in the US were named Amalia, making it the 566th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 570th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 576 girls.

Half of all the girls named Amalia in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 544 girls in the US were given Amalia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #551, up from #566 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 576 in 20232025
Amalia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025530#566
2024551#551
2023576#528
2022514#581
2021559#546
2020515#570
2019501#604
2018513#593
2017495#613
2016363#782
2015339#827
2014306#887
2013271#933
2012247#1,026
2011257#990
2010231#1,075
2009243#1,058
2008248#1,053
2007220#1,162
2006225#1,110
2005187#1,216
2004196#1,151
2003192#1,134
2002162#1,235
2001155#1,265
2000149#1,289
1999135#1,327
1998114#1,491
1997138#1,271
1996138#1,259
1995144#1,184
1994142#1,226
1993139#1,241
1992128#1,309
1991145#1,191
1990144#1,182
1989126#1,247
198898#1,419
1987100#1,362
1986109#1,249
1985110#1,239
1984110#1,190
198386#1,379
198299#1,284
1981121#1,134
198098#1,299
197991#1,349
1978109#1,162
197781#1,380
197695#1,191
197584#1,309
197494#1,185
197392#1,175
197272#1,380
197177#1,376
197071#1,444
196966#1,440
196862#1,435
196772#1,269
196670#1,291
196568#1,323
196481#1,224
196380#1,226
196279#1,234
196172#1,304
196061#1,404
195958#1,406
195866#1,298
195783#1,158
195682#1,140
195567#1,228
195459#1,284
195360#1,247
195269#1,137
195154#1,265
195061#1,182
194962#1,153
194859#1,172
194757#1,192
194646#1,275
194546#1,154
194451#1,089
194355#1,076
194242#1,229
194146#1,087
194050#1,010
193935#1,240
193839#1,159
193736#1,196
193647#1,003
193541#1,084
193454#938
193363#845
193267#846
193174#784
193087#749
192984#763
192898#715
192790#761
192699#729
192573#870
1924124#667
192399#729
192273#861
192178#837
192087#777
191978#797
191871#851
191771#816
191673#796
191574#767
191452#802
191345#782
191236#833
191128#811
191031#768
190927#773
190823#809
190722#790
190621#793
190517#900
190412#1,050
190321#734
190222#734
190117#795
190027#688
189921#680
189825#650
189724#627
189618#754
189519#725
189433#494
189316#739
189211#908
189120#589
189016#667
188915#657
188822#533
188720#499
188611#693
188519#484
188414#556
18838#692
188211#560
188111#503
18809#580

Names like Amalia

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

Amelia, Aurelia, Emilia, Arabella, Sophia, Olivia, Ada, Ophelia, Aria, Anastasia, Isabella, Cecilia

Other spellings of Amalia

Amaliah

Names related to Amalia

Amal, Amalie, Amaal, Amila, Amala, Ameliah, Ameliya, Amellia, Amali

More Germanic names

Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice

Every Germanic name

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