Amilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,382 for girls
Amilia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 1,382nd for girls in the US (158 babies).
What does Amilia mean?
Germanic: spelling of Amelia
“work”
Amelia comes from Amalia, from Germanic amal, 'work'; Amelia Earhart was a pioneering American aviator.
Is Amilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Amilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 158 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amilia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Amilia, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,436 girls in the UK were given Amilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #4, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Amilia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Amilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,382nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 158 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 158 girls in the US were named Amilia, making it the 1,382nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,327th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 200 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
Half of all the girls named Amilia in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12,973 girls in the US were given Amilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #4, up from #1,382 for this spelling alone.
Amilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | #1,382 |
| 2024 | 156 | #1,425 |
| 2023 | 200 | #1,199 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,540 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,498 |
| 2020 | 166 | #1,327 |
| 2019 | 150 | #1,465 |
| 2018 | 184 | #1,255 |
| 2017 | 174 | #1,334 |
| 2016 | 145 | #1,545 |
| 2015 | 139 | #1,576 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,929 |
| 2012 | 89 | #2,132 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 85 | #2,258 |
| 2009 | 82 | #2,358 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,538 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
Nicknames for Amilia
Names like Amilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Amira, Ayla, Ayra, Ayah, Zainab, Amaya, Anabia, Hafsa, Aria, Khadija
Other spellings of Amilia
Names related to Amilia
Emilia, Amla, Amila, Amilah, Aamilah, Ameila, Amilie, Yamila, Amil
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, “Amilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amilia, updated 20 October 2026.