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Amla

Gender
Girl
Say it
AM-la
UK rank, 2025
#2,076 for girls

Amla is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies).

Where does Amla come from?

Possibly from Sanskrit amala, 'spotless'

Is Amla a girl's or a boy's name?

Amla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Amla in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,076among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Amla, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls.

Half of all the girls named Amla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.

2018Busiest: 17 in 20212025
Amla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#2,076
202412#2,323
202313#2,185
202213#2,157
202117#1,794
202015#1,948
201911#2,420
20184#4,914

Names like Amla

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Amla

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Amla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amla, updated 20 October 2026.