Amelie
Girl · AM-e-lee · Germanic
Amelie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 130th for girls in the UK (419 babies) and 827th for girls in the US (329 babies).
What does Amelie mean?
Germanic: French form of Amelia
“work”
The French form of Amelia, from the Germanic element amal, 'work'; the 2001 film Amelie made it widely known.
- Say it
- AM-e-lee
Is Amelie a girl's or a boy's name?
Amelie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 419 girls in the UK and 329 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amelie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #130among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 419about 1 in 660 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 419 girls in the UK were named Amelie, making it the 130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 87th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 1,223 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Amelie than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Amelie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 122nd in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#63) and 2024 (#100).
Amelie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 419 | #130 |
| 2024 | 493 | #108 |
| 2023 | 559 | #97 |
| 2022 | 534 | #105 |
| 2021 | 638 | #94 |
| 2020 | 661 | #87 |
| 2019 | 702 | #83 |
| 2018 | 718 | #82 |
| 2017 | 843 | #75 |
| 2016 | 1,017 | #69 |
| 2015 | 1,065 | #64 |
| 2014 | 1,070 | #64 |
| 2013 | 1,166 | #55 |
| 2012 | 1,223 | #56 |
| 2011 | 1,220 | #56 |
| 2010 | 1,147 | #59 |
| 2009 | 1,152 | #62 |
| 2008 | 1,193 | #62 |
| 2007 | 1,098 | #64 |
| 2006 | 784 | #84 |
| 2005 | 684 | #88 |
| 2004 | 529 | #111 |
| 2003 | 357 | #156 |
| 2002 | 261 | #179 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Amelie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #827among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 329about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 329 girls in the US were named Amelie, making it the 827th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 808th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 466 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Amelie in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 394 girls in the US were given Amelie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #709, up from #827 for this spelling alone.
Amelie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 329 | #827 |
| 2024 | 395 | #710 |
| 2023 | 300 | #893 |
| 2022 | 316 | #880 |
| 2021 | 332 | #832 |
| 2020 | 336 | #808 |
| 2019 | 371 | #756 |
| 2018 | 392 | #725 |
| 2017 | 423 | #689 |
| 2016 | 444 | #658 |
| 2015 | 446 | #638 |
| 2014 | 430 | #665 |
| 2013 | 466 | #603 |
| 2012 | 454 | #629 |
| 2011 | 400 | #697 |
| 2010 | 427 | #676 |
| 2009 | 434 | #669 |
| 2008 | 379 | #774 |
| 2007 | 385 | #759 |
| 2006 | 360 | #762 |
| 2005 | 309 | #828 |
| 2004 | 293 | #840 |
| 2003 | 274 | #882 |
| 2002 | 186 | #1,120 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
Nicknames for Amelie
- Millie 1,296 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Amelie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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