Amalia
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning work or labor.
How Amalia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #827 |
| 2016 | #781 |
| 2017 | #610 |
| 2018 | #593 |
| 2019 | #604 |
| 2020 | #570 |
| 2021 | #545 |
| 2022 | #580 |
| 2023 | #528 |
| 2024 | #552 |
| 2025 | #566 |
Amalia by the numbers
In 2025, 80 babies in England and Wales were named Amalia. In the US, 491 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Names that come from Amalia
Forms of Amalia in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amalia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amaiathe end or finish251 in the US (2017)
- Amiliawork, industriousness; a spelling variant of Amelia173 in the US (2017)
- Amariagrace of god; a form of Amara104 in the US (2017)
- Adaliagod is my refuge; hebrew origin90 in the US (2017)
- Azaliadry; a form of Azalea53 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amalia
Names that are said the same way as Amalia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ameliahwork, industriousness; a modern respelling of Amelia57 in the US (2017)
- Amelliaindustrious, striving; a variant of Amelia49 in the US (2017)
- Amalyawork; a form of amalia16 in the US (2017)
- Ameiliastriving; a form of amelia or amilia16 in the US (2017)
- Amaliahwork of god; a form of Amalia5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amulyapriceless, precious8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Amalia, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Presleypriest's meadow1,667 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Amalia
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