Amelia
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning work, industriousness.
Babies a year
2,153
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#4
down from #3
UK popularity
#3
2,153 babies · down from #2
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 |
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.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Amelia was most common in 1880, when it went to 0.23% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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