Amelia
Girl · a-MEE-lee-a · Germanic
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Amelia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 3rd for girls in the UK (2,421 babies) and 4th for girls in the US (12,699 babies).
What does Amelia mean?
Germanic: from the element amal, 'work'
“work”
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
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- a-MEE-lee-a
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Is Amelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Amelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 2,421 girls in the UK and 12,699 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Amelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,421about 1 in 120 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 12%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,421 girls in the UK were named Amelia, making it the 3rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7,582 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Amelia than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Amelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3rd in England and Wales, 4th in Scotland and 18th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#85), 1914 (#98), 1994 (#75), 2004 (#18), 2014 (#1) and 2024 (#2).
Amelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,421 | #3 |
| 2024 | 2,720 | #2 |
| 2023 | 2,980 | #2 |
| 2022 | 3,209 | #2 |
| 2021 | 3,522 | #2 |
| 2020 | 3,688 | #2 |
| 2019 | 4,111 | #2 |
| 2018 | 4,393 | #2 |
| 2017 | 4,809 | #2 |
| 2016 | 5,269 | #2 |
| 2015 | 5,662 | #1 |
| 2014 | 5,878 | #1 |
| 2013 | 6,038 | #1 |
| 2012 | 7,582 | #1 |
| 2011 | 5,320 | #3 |
| 2010 | 4,425 | #7 |
| 2009 | 3,802 | #9 |
| 2008 | 3,595 | #9 |
| 2007 | 3,368 | #12 |
| 2006 | 2,978 | #17 |
| 2005 | 3,058 | #16 |
| 2004 | 2,705 | #22 |
| 2003 | 2,350 | #24 |
| 2002 | 2,006 | #26 |
| 2001 | 1,735 | #35 |
| 2000 | 1,510 | #39 |
| 1999 | 1,530 | #40 |
| 1998 | 1,264 | #50 |
| 1997 | 1,165 | #59 |
| 1996 | 944 | #68 |
How popular is Amelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12,699about 1 in 130 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 11%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12,699 girls in the US were named Amelia, making it the 4th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13,041 girls. 6 boys were also named Amelia in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Amelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,699 | #4 |
| 2024 | 12,786 | #3 |
| 2023 | 12,365 | #4 |
| 2022 | 12,415 | #4 |
| 2021 | 13,041 | #4 |
| 2020 | 12,802 | #6 |
| 2019 | 12,944 | #7 |
| 2018 | 12,405 | #8 |
| 2017 | 11,870 | #8 |
| 2016 | 10,809 | #10 |
| 2015 | 9,878 | #12 |
| 2014 | 8,805 | #15 |
| 2013 | 8,052 | #17 |
| 2012 | 7,249 | #23 |
| 2011 | 6,374 | #30 |
| 2010 | 5,464 | #41 |
| 2009 | 4,705 | #55 |
| 2008 | 4,352 | #68 |
| 2007 | 4,194 | #77 |
| 2006 | 4,065 | #83 |
| 2005 | 3,912 | #84 |
| 2004 | 3,354 | #96 |
| 2003 | 3,097 | #111 |
| 2002 | 2,444 | #139 |
| 2001 | 1,638 | #199 |
| 2000 | 1,531 | #207 |
| 1999 | 1,421 | #225 |
| 1998 | 1,425 | #215 |
| 1997 | 1,317 | #228 |
| 1996 | 1,292 | #222 |
| 1995 | 1,207 | #237 |
| 1994 | 1,255 | #226 |
| 1993 | 1,248 | #224 |
| 1992 | 1,345 | #214 |
| 1991 | 1,536 | #194 |
| 1990 | 1,513 | #194 |
| 1989 | 1,265 | #216 |
| 1988 | 1,130 | #232 |
| 1987 | 1,006 | #254 |
| 1986 | 1,020 | #252 |
| 1985 | 1,015 | #249 |
| 1984 | 1,094 | #232 |
| 1983 | 762 | #304 |
| 1982 | 832 | #297 |
| 1981 | 848 | #286 |
| 1980 | 768 | #316 |
| 1979 | 702 | #337 |
| 1978 | 643 | #339 |
| 1977 | 601 | #362 |
| 1976 | 523 | #394 |
| 1975 | 523 | #387 |
| 1974 | 507 | #399 |
| 1973 | 442 | #436 |
| 1972 | 406 | #458 |
| 1971 | 481 | #432 |
| 1970 | 493 | #445 |
| 1969 | 465 | #445 |
| 1968 | 390 | #489 |
| 1967 | 450 | #445 |
| 1966 | 431 | #452 |
| 1965 | 475 | #431 |
| 1964 | 503 | #438 |
| 1963 | 503 | #433 |
| 1962 | 494 | #436 |
| 1961 | 571 | #407 |
| 1960 | 542 | #414 |
| 1959 | 502 | #424 |
| 1958 | 484 | #427 |
| 1957 | 520 | #404 |
| 1956 | 526 | #391 |
| 1955 | 530 | #382 |
| 1954 | 511 | #379 |
| 1953 | 552 | #359 |
| 1952 | 549 | #349 |
| 1951 | 532 | #344 |
| 1950 | 483 | #356 |
| 1949 | 589 | #320 |
| 1948 | 564 | #330 |
| 1947 | 539 | #343 |
| 1946 | 547 | #317 |
| 1945 | 474 | #312 |
| 1944 | 476 | #307 |
| 1943 | 559 | #292 |
| 1942 | 543 | #290 |
| 1941 | 529 | #279 |
| 1940 | 504 | #279 |
| 1939 | 489 | #282 |
| 1938 | 570 | #265 |
| 1937 | 647 | #245 |
| 1936 | 580 | #254 |
| 1935 | 604 | #255 |
| 1934 | 553 | #264 |
| 1933 | 608 | #246 |
| 1932 | 637 | #243 |
| 1931 | 591 | #248 |
| 1930 | 679 | #236 |
| 1929 | 687 | #229 |
| 1928 | 755 | #227 |
| 1927 | 754 | #235 |
| 1926 | 746 | #236 |
| 1925 | 889 | #216 |
| 1924 | 910 | #216 |
| 1923 | 965 | #205 |
| 1922 | 1,032 | #195 |
| 1921 | 995 | #200 |
| 1920 | 1,054 | #190 |
| 1919 | 1,085 | #181 |
| 1918 | 1,115 | #183 |
| 1917 | 1,160 | #173 |
| 1916 | 1,159 | #167 |
| 1915 | 1,115 | #165 |
| 1914 | 926 | #156 |
| 1913 | 721 | #161 |
| 1912 | 672 | #160 |
| 1911 | 430 | #174 |
| 1910 | 449 | #163 |
| 1909 | 388 | #163 |
| 1908 | 370 | #163 |
| 1907 | 380 | #163 |
| 1906 | 358 | #160 |
| 1905 | 365 | #155 |
| 1904 | 353 | #153 |
| 1903 | 347 | #150 |
| 1902 | 355 | #149 |
| 1901 | 350 | #140 |
| 1900 | 398 | #146 |
| 1899 | 332 | #140 |
| 1898 | 360 | #140 |
| 1897 | 408 | #121 |
| 1896 | 365 | #131 |
| 1895 | 379 | #125 |
| 1894 | 390 | #119 |
| 1893 | 385 | #114 |
| 1892 | 385 | #118 |
| 1891 | 353 | #112 |
| 1890 | 368 | #109 |
| 1889 | 346 | #110 |
| 1888 | 358 | #108 |
| 1887 | 344 | #93 |
| 1886 | 326 | #101 |
| 1885 | 298 | #102 |
| 1884 | 315 | #96 |
| 1883 | 262 | #97 |
| 1882 | 252 | #102 |
| 1881 | 235 | #93 |
| 1880 | 221 | #96 |
Nicknames for Amelia
Names like Amelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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