Amila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-la
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,354 for girls
Amila is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).
Where does Amila come from?
Used in several cultures, including Bosnian and Sri Lankan; root uncertain
Is Amila a girl's or a boy's name?
Amila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Amila, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Amila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
- Amila 11
- Amilah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Amila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Amila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,354among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Amila, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,841st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer girls named Amila than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Amila in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 girls in the US were given Amila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,551, up from #2,354 for this spelling alone.
- Amila 77
- Amilah 31
- Amilla 6
Amila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,354 |
| 2024 | 84 | #2,231 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,837 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,980 |
| 2020 | 106 | #1,841 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Amila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha Safa Ayra Amira Hafsa Aiza Aaliyah Khadija Ayla Ayah Nusaybah Hiba
Other spellings of Amila
Names related to Amila
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, “Amila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amila, updated 20 October 2026.