Amely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AM-e-lee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Amely is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Amely mean?
Germanic: spelling of Amelie; French form of Amelia
“work”
The French form of Amelia, from the Germanic element amal, 'work'; the 2001 film Amelie made it widely known.
Meaning borrowed from Amelie.
Is Amely a girl's or a boy's name?
Amely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amely in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 girls.
Amely in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
How popular is Amely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Amely, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had the most girls named Amely of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Amely in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 394 girls in the US were given Amely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #709, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
Amely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Nicknames for Amely
- Millie 1,296 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Amely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avery Ivy Elodie Arabella Tilly Lily Aria Aubrey Alina Harper Felicity Everly
Other spellings of Amely
Names related to Amely
Amelia Amel Ameliah Amelle Ameliya Ameila Amelya Emely Amellia
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, “Amely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amely, updated 20 October 2026.