Ameliah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Ameliah is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Ameliah mean?
Germanic: spelling of Amelia; from the element amal, 'work'
“work”
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Meaning borrowed from Amelia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ameliah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameliah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameliah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ameliah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ameliah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,436 girls in the UK were given Ameliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #4, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ameliah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
How popular is Ameliah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Ameliah, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Ameliah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12,973 girls in the US were given Ameliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #4, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Ameliah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,840 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Nicknames for Ameliah
Names like Ameliah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Ayah, Safa, Nusaybah, Ayra, Abeeha, Zainab, Amira, Aaminah, Hafsa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Ameliah
Names related to Ameliah
More Germanic names
Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Ameliah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameliah, updated 20 October 2026.