Amelya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEEL-ya
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Amelya is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work, labour”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Amelya mean?
Germanic: spelling variant of Amelia
“work, labour”
Amelia grew from the Germanic name Amalia, from amal 'work', and is often confused with the Latin Emilia.
Is Amelya a girl's or a boy's name?
Amelya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amelya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Amelya, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amelya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Amelya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Amelya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Amelya, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Amelya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amelya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Nicknames for Amelya
Names like Amelya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Amira, Safa, Ayra, Amaya, Ayah, Ayla, Abeeha, Alaya, Hafsa, Khadija, Zainab
Names related to Amelya
Amelia, Amelie, Amla, Amel, Ameliah, Amelle, Ameliya, Ameila, Amyla, Amellia, Amilya, Ameli
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, “Amelya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amelya, updated 20 October 2026.