Amelia
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning work, industriousness.
How Amelia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #12 |
| 2016 | #10 |
| 2017 | #8 |
| 2018 | #8 |
| 2019 | #7 |
| 2020 | #6 |
| 2021 | #4 |
| 2022 | #4 |
| 2023 | #4 |
| 2024 | #3 |
| 2025 | #4 |
Amelia by the numbers
In 2025, 2,153 babies in England and Wales were named Amelia. In the US, 11,811 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.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 440 American girls born that year was called Amelia.
Names that come from Amelia
Forms of Amelia in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emeliarival; a form of Amelia565 in the US (2017)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Amilawork; a spelling variant of Amelia11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emelieindustrious; a form of Amelia56 in the US (2017)
- Amaliebrave or industrious; a form of Amelia39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emelinawork; a diminutive form of Amelia or Emelia33 in the US (2017)
- Ameilawork; a variant spelling of Amelia30 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Amaliawork or labor491 in the US (2017)
- Ameliework, industrious; form of Amelia398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiliawork, industriousness; a spelling variant of Amelia173 in the US (2017)
- Adelianoble natured; form of Adele110 in the US (2017)
- Ameliahwork, industriousness; a modern respelling of Amelia57 in the US (2017)
- Amelliaindustrious, striving; a variant of Amelia49 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amelia
Names that are said the same way as Amelia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- 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)
- Amalyahwork of God; a form of Amelia7 in the US (2017)
- Amileahwork; a spelling variant of Amelia7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Amelia, 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 Amelia
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