Amelia
#4 for girls in 2025, 12,699 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 12,786 births
- Debut · girls
- 221 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 27 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 281,130since 1880
Amelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4 | 12,699 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #3 | 12,786 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #4 | 12,365 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #4 | 12,415 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #4 | 13,041 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #6 | 12,802 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #7 | 12,944 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #8 | 12,405 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8 | 11,870 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #10 | 10,809 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #12 | 9,878 | — | |
| 2014 | #15 | 8,805 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #17 | 8,052 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #23 | 7,249 | — | |
| 2011 | #30 | 6,374 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #41 | 5,464 | — | |
| 2009 | #55 | 4,705 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #68 | 4,352 | — | |
| 2007 | #77 | 4,194 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #83 | 4,065 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #84 | 3,912 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #96 | 3,354 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #111 | 3,097 | — | |
| 2002 | #139 | 2,444 | — | |
| 2001 | #199 | 1,638 | — | |
| 2000 | #207 | 1,531 | — | |
| 1999 | #225 | 1,421 | — | |
| 1998 | #215 | 1,425 | — | |
| 1997 | #228 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1996 | #222 | 1,292 | — | |
| 1995 | #237 | 1,207 | — | |
| 1994 | #226 | 1,255 | — | |
| 1993 | #224 | 1,248 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #214 | 1,345 | — | |
| 1991 | #194 | 1,536 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #194 | 1,513 | — | |
| 1989 | #216 | 1,265 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #232 | 1,130 | — | |
| 1987 | #254 | 1,006 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #252 | 1,020 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #249 | 1,015 | — | |
| 1984 | #232 | 1,094 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #304 | 762 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #297 | 832 | — | |
| 1981 | #286 | 848 | — | |
| 1980 | #316 | 768 | — | |
| 1979 | #337 | 702 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #339 | 643 | — | |
| 1977 | #362 | 601 | — | |
| 1976 | #394 | 523 | — | |
| 1975 | #387 | 523 | — | |
| 1974 | #399 | 507 | — | |
| 1973 | #436 | 442 | — | |
| 1972 | #458 | 406 | — | |
| 1971 | #432 | 481 | — | |
| 1970 | #445 | 493 | — | |
| 1969 | #445 | 465 | — | |
| 1968 | #489 | 390 | — | |
| 1967 | #445 | 450 | — | |
| 1966 | #452 | 431 | — | |
| 1965 | #431 | 475 | — | |
| 1964 | #438 | 503 | — | |
| 1963 | #433 | 503 | — | |
| 1962 | #436 | 494 | — | |
| 1961 | #407 | 571 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #414 | 542 | — | |
| 1959 | #424 | 502 | — | |
| 1958 | #427 | 484 | — | |
| 1957 | #404 | 520 | — | |
| 1956 | #392 | 526 | — | |
| 1955 | #383 | 530 | — | |
| 1954 | #380 | 511 | — | |
| 1953 | #360 | 552 | — | |
| 1952 | #350 | 549 | — | |
| 1951 | #345 | 532 | — | |
| 1950 | #357 | 483 | — | |
| 1949 | #320 | 589 | — | |
| 1948 | #330 | 564 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #343 | 539 | — | |
| 1946 | #317 | 547 | — | |
| 1945 | #312 | 474 | — | |
| 1944 | #307 | 476 | — | |
| 1943 | #292 | 559 | — | |
| 1942 | #290 | 543 | — | |
| 1941 | #279 | 529 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #279 | 504 | — | |
| 1939 | #282 | 489 | — | |
| 1938 | #265 | 570 | — | |
| 1937 | #245 | 647 | — | |
| 1936 | #254 | 580 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #255 | 604 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #264 | 553 | — | |
| 1933 | #246 | 608 | — | |
| 1932 | #243 | 637 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #248 | 591 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #236 | 679 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #229 | 687 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #227 | 755 | — | |
| 1927 | #235 | 754 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #236 | 746 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #216 | 889 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #216 | 910 | — | |
| 1923 | #205 | 965 | — | |
| 1922 | #195 | 1,032 | — | |
| 1921 | #200 | 995 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #190 | 1,054 | — | |
| 1919 | #181 | 1,085 | — | |
| 1918 | #183 | 1,115 | — | |
| 1917 | #173 | 1,160 | — | |
| 1916 | #167 | 1,159 | — | |
| 1915 | #165 | 1,115 | — | |
| 1914 | #156 | 926 | — | |
| 1913 | #161 | 721 | — | |
| 1912 | #160 | 672 | — | |
| 1911 | #174 | 430 | — | |
| 1910 | #163 | 449 | — | |
| 1909 | #163 | 388 | — | |
| 1908 | #163 | 370 | — | |
| 1907 | #163 | 380 | — | |
| 1906 | #160 | 358 | — | |
| 1905 | #155 | 365 | — | |
| 1904 | #153 | 353 | — | |
| 1903 | #150 | 347 | — | |
| 1902 | #149 | 355 | — | |
| 1901 | #140 | 350 | — | |
| 1900 | #146 | 398 | — | |
| 1899 | #140 | 332 | — | |
| 1898 | #140 | 360 | — | |
| 1897 | #121 | 408 | — | |
| 1896 | #131 | 365 | — | |
| 1895 | #125 | 379 | — | |
| 1894 | #119 | 390 | — | |
| 1893 | #114 | 385 | — | |
| 1892 | #118 | 385 | — | |
| 1891 | #112 | 353 | — | |
| 1890 | #109 | 368 | — | |
| 1889 | #110 | 346 | — | |
| 1888 | #108 | 358 | — | |
| 1887 | #93 | 344 | — | |
| 1886 | #101 | 326 | — | |
| 1885 | #102 | 298 | — | |
| 1884 | #96 | 315 | — | |
| 1883 | #97 | 262 | — | |
| 1882 | #102 | 252 | — | |
| 1881 | #93 | 235 | — | |
| 1880 | #96 | 221 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Amelia was already there! It came in at #96, and was given to 221 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 330 girls a year got the name.
Where Amelia is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#3 · 1 in 86
- North Dakota#4 · 1 in 60
- Nebraska#4 · 1 in 76
- Missouri#4 · 1 in 81
- Tennessee#4 · 1 in 98
Best ever in a state: #1 in Rhode Island, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #3 | 352 | 1 in 86 |
| Louisiana | #4 | 197 | 1 in 101 |
| Missouri | #4 | 319 | 1 in 81 |
| Nebraska | #4 | 103 | 1 in 76 |
| North Dakota | #4 | 51 | 1 in 60 |
| Tennessee | #4 | 313 | 1 in 98 |
| Alabama | #5 | 191 | 1 in 100 |
| Maine | #5 | 56 | 1 in 61 |
| Michigan | #5 | 414 | 1 in 100 |
| New Hampshire | #5 | 58 | 1 in 60 |
| West Virginia | #5 | 78 | 1 in 75 |
| Idaho | #6 | 73 | 1 in 86 |
| Kentucky | #6 | 168 | 1 in 106 |
| Massachusetts | #6 | 285 | 1 in 88 |
| Mississippi | #6 | 99 | 1 in 110 |
| Montana | #6 | 33 | 1 in 83 |
| Ohio | #6 | 491 | 1 in 105 |
| Oregon | #6 | 143 | 1 in 101 |
| Rhode Island | #6 | 45 | 1 in 63 |
| Wisconsin | #6 | 226 | 1 in 100 |
| Alaska | #7 | 33 | 1 in 68 |
| Arkansas | #7 | 101 | 1 in 111 |
| Florida | #7 | 697 | 1 in 123 |
| Iowa | #7 | 124 | 1 in 100 |
| Pennsylvania | #7 | 450 | 1 in 114 |
| South Carolina | #7 | 160 | 1 in 111 |
| South Dakota | #7 | 36 | 1 in 86 |
| Connecticut | #8 | 135 | 1 in 87 |
| Illinois | #8 | 505 | 1 in 110 |
| Kansas | #8 | 128 | 1 in 94 |
| Minnesota | #8 | 217 | 1 in 110 |
| New Jersey | #8 | 323 | 1 in 111 |
| New York | #8 | 731 | 1 in 120 |
| North Carolina | #8 | 369 | 1 in 123 |
| Oklahoma | #8 | 147 | 1 in 107 |
| Utah | #8 | 153 | 1 in 111 |
| Washington | #8 | 285 | 1 in 109 |
| Wyoming | #8 | 19 | 1 in 55 |
| Arizona | #9 | 251 | 1 in 120 |
| Colorado | #9 | 200 | 1 in 113 |
| District of Columbia | #9 | 37 | 1 in 94 |
| Georgia | #9 | 353 | 1 in 133 |
| Nevada | #9 | 97 | 1 in 112 |
| Vermont | #9 | 21 | 1 in 53 |
| Maryland | #10 | 186 | 1 in 125 |
| Virginia | #10 | 292 | 1 in 123 |
| Hawaii | #12 | 30 | 1 in 97 |
| Delaware | #13 | 28 | 1 in 90 |
| Texas | #14 | 949 | 1 in 168 |
| California | #17 | 1,076 | 1 in 182 |
| New Mexico | #18 | 42 | 1 in 138 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amelia
- 1 spot since 2024 (#3 → #4)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#6 → #4)
- 8 spots since 2015 (#12 → #4)
- Biggest jump: 72 spots in 1984 (#304 → #232)
- Biggest drop: 44 spots in 1968 (#445 → #489)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #3 (12,786 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 2004–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 126 girls born in 2021 were named Amelia (0.79%)
- Latest: 1 in 127 girls born in 2025 (0.79%)
- Its best rank, #3 in 2024, was only 1 in 127 (0.79%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.4% of all girls named Amelia (93,850) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #93 (1887) → #489 (1968) → #3 (2024)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,957 | #93 (1887) | #100 |
| 1890s | 3,725 | #109 (1890) | #123 |
| 1900s | 3,664 | #140 (1901) | #154 |
| 1910s | 8,832 | #156 (1914) | #168 |
| 1920s | 8,787 | #190 (1920) | #215 |
| 1930s | 5,958 | #236 (1930) | #254 |
| 1940s | 5,324 | #279 (1941) | #307 |
| 1950s | 5,189 | #345 (1951) | #382 |
| 1960s | 4,824 | #407 (1961) | #439 |
| 1970s | 5,321 | #337 (1979) | #399 |
| 1980s | 9,740 | #216 (1989) | #264 |
| 1990s | 13,559 | #194 (1991) | #218 |
| 2000s | 33,292 | #55 (2009) | #112 |
| 2010s | 93,850 | #7 (2019) | #17 |
| 2020s | 76,108 | #3 (2024) | #4 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amelia in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 145 of them was named Amelia, which outranked 100.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 154,246 of them was named Amelia, which outranked 53.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,338Zyheir13
- #6,338Zymeir13
- #6,338Zymier13
- #6,685Amelia12
- #6,685Aanav12
- #6,685Aaro12
- #6,685Abdalrahman12
- #7,095Aaban11
- #7,095Aalijah11
- #7,095Aashrith11
Tied with 409 names at #6,685; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.