Amelia Girl
How popular is Amelia?
#4 girl name in 2025
12,699 baby girls were named Amelia in the US in 2025, making it the 4th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Amelia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4 for girls (▼ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12,699 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #12 in 2015, #6 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (13,041 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amelia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amelia family of names ranked #3 for girls in 2025, with 13,591 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | 12,699 | 93% |
| Amalia | 530 | 4% |
| Amilia | 158 | 1% |
| Ameliah | 40 | 0% |
| Amellia | 30 | 0% |
| Amillia | 27 | 0% |
| Amelya | 20 | 0% |
| Amilya | 14 | 0% |
| Amylia | 20 | 0% |
| Amalya | 9 | 0% |
| Amilyah | 11 | 0% |
| Amulya | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amelia is most popular
Babies named Amelia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 23.3 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- Wyoming: 22.5 per 1,000 (96 girls)
- Alaska: 20.6 per 1,000 (177 girls)
- Rhode Island: 18.4 per 1,000 (231 girls)
- West Virginia: 16.8 per 1,000 (439 girls)
Amelia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,957 | #93 |
| 1890s | 3,725 | #109 |
| 1900s | 3,664 | #140 |
| 1910s | 8,832 | #156 |
| 1920s | 8,787 | #190 |
| 1930s | 5,958 | #236 |
| 1940s | 5,324 | #279 |
| 1950s | 5,189 | #344 |
| 1960s | 4,824 | #407 |
| 1970s | 5,321 | #337 |
| 1980s | 9,740 | #216 |
| 1990s | 13,559 | #194 |
| 2000s | 33,292 | #55 |
| 2010s | 93,850 | #7 |
| 2020s | 76,108 | #3 |
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Questions
- Is Amelia a boy or girl name?
- Amelia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Amelia were girls.
- How popular is the name Amelia?
- 12,699 baby girls were named Amelia in the US in 2025, making it the 4th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Amelia most popular?
- Amelia peaked in 2021, when 13,041 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3 in 2024.
- How many people are named Amelia?
- 281,414 babies have been named Amelia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 244,109 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Amelia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amelia was most common in Vermont, at 23.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.