Amalia
#566 for girls in 2025, 530 births
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,478since 1880
Amalia over time
Rank among girls' names. Amalia has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #566 | 530 |
| 2024 | #551 | 551 |
| 2023 | #528 | 576 |
| 2022 | #581 | 514 |
| 2021 | #546 | 559 |
| 2020 | #570 | 515 |
| 2019 | #604 | 501 |
| 2018 | #593 | 513 |
| 2017 | #613 | 495 |
| 2016 | #782 | 363 |
| 2015 | #827 | 339 |
| 2014 | #887 | 306 |
| 2013 | #933 | 271 |
| 2012 | #1,026 | 247 |
| 2011 | #990 | 257 |
| 2010 | #1,075 | 231 |
| 2009 | #1,058 | 243 |
| 2008 | #1,053 | 248 |
| 2007 | #1,162 | 220 |
| 2006 | #1,110 | 225 |
| 2005 | #1,216 | 187 |
| 2004 | #1,152 | 196 |
| 2003 | #1,135 | 192 |
| 2002 | #1,236 | 162 |
| 2001 | #1,266 | 155 |
| 2000 | #1,291 | 149 |
| 1999 | #1,329 | 135 |
| 1998 | #1,493 | 114 |
| 1997 | #1,273 | 138 |
| 1996 | #1,261 | 138 |
| 1995 | #1,187 | 144 |
| 1994 | #1,229 | 142 |
| 1993 | #1,243 | 139 |
| 1992 | #1,312 | 128 |
| 1991 | #1,195 | 145 |
| 1990 | #1,186 | 144 |
| 1989 | #1,250 | 126 |
| 1988 | #1,420 | 98 |
| 1987 | #1,363 | 100 |
| 1986 | #1,249 | 109 |
| 1985 | #1,239 | 110 |
| 1984 | #1,190 | 110 |
| 1983 | #1,379 | 86 |
| 1982 | #1,284 | 99 |
| 1981 | #1,134 | 121 |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 |
| 1979 | #1,349 | 91 |
| 1978 | #1,162 | 109 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 |
| 1975 | #1,309 | 84 |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 |
| 1973 | #1,175 | 92 |
| 1972 | #1,380 | 72 |
| 1971 | #1,376 | 77 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 71 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 66 |
| 1968 | #1,435 | 62 |
| 1967 | #1,269 | 72 |
| 1966 | #1,291 | 70 |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 |
| 1964 | #1,224 | 81 |
| 1963 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 |
| 1959 | #1,407 | 58 |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 |
| 1957 | #1,159 | 83 |
| 1956 | #1,141 | 82 |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 |
| 1954 | #1,285 | 59 |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 |
| 1950 | #1,183 | 61 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,193 | 57 |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 |
| 1934 | #938 | 54 |
| 1933 | #845 | 63 |
| 1932 | #846 | 67 |
| 1931 | #784 | 74 |
| 1930 | #749 | 87 |
| 1929 | #763 | 84 |
| 1928 | #715 | 98 |
| 1927 | #761 | 90 |
| 1926 | #729 | 99 |
| 1925 | #870 | 73 |
| 1924 | #667 | 124 |
| 1923 | #729 | 99 |
| 1922 | #861 | 73 |
| 1921 | #837 | 78 |
| 1920 | #777 | 87 |
| 1919 | #797 | 78 |
| 1918 | #851 | 71 |
| 1917 | #816 | 71 |
| 1916 | #796 | 73 |
| 1915 | #767 | 74 |
| 1914 | #802 | 52 |
| 1913 | #782 | 45 |
| 1912 | #833 | 36 |
| 1911 | #811 | 28 |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 |
| 1888 | #533 | 22 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Amalia was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
Where Amalia is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#424 · 1 in 1,666
- New Jersey#607 · 1 in 3,383
- Massachusetts#624 · 1 in 4,070
- New York#760 · 1 in 4,754
- Illinois#787 · 1 in 4,797
Best ever in a state: #36 in New Mexico, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #424 | 5 | 1 in 1,666 |
| New Jersey | #607 | 12 | 1 in 3,383 |
| Massachusetts | #624 | 7 | 1 in 4,070 |
| New York | #760 | 20 | 1 in 4,754 |
| Illinois | #787 | 14 | 1 in 4,797 |
| Arizona | #895 | 7 | 1 in 5,075 |
| California | #926 | 37 | 1 in 6,228 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,837 |
| Michigan | #1,246 | 5 | 1 in 9,471 |
| Texas | #1,389 | 15 | 1 in 10,707 |
| Florida | #1,395 | 8 | 1 in 10,713 |
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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 Amalia
- 15 spots since 2024 (#551 → #566)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#570 → #566)
- 261 spots since 2015 (#827 → #566)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1894 (#739 → #494)
- Biggest drop: 319 spots in 1892 (#589 → #908)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #484 (19 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1905–1934
- Highest: 1 in 2,786 girls born in 2023 were named Amalia (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,033 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #484 in 1885, was only 1 in 7,003 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all girls named Amalia (3,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 140 | #484 (1885) | #576 |
| 1890s | 203 | #494 (1894) | #683 |
| 1900s | 209 | #688 (1900) | #807 |
| 1910s | 559 | #767 (1915) | #802 |
| 1920s | 905 | #667 (1924) | #771 |
| 1930s | 543 | #749 (1930) | #984 |
| 1940s | 514 | #1,010 (1940) | #1,144 |
| 1950s | 659 | #1,138 (1952) | #1,236 |
| 1960s | 711 | #1,224 (1964) | #1,315 |
| 1970s | 866 | #1,162 (1978) | #1,295 |
| 1980s | 1,057 | #1,134 (1981) | #1,281 |
| 1990s | 1,367 | #1,186 (1990) | #1,271 |
| 2000s | 1,977 | #1,053 (2008) | #1,168 |
| 2010s | 3,523 | #593 (2018) | #833 |
| 2020s | 3,245 | #528 (2023) | #557 |
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.
Amalia in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 9,882 of them was named Amalia, which outranked 93.7% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,210Karsyn189
- #1,214Alycia188
- #1,214Melisa188
- #1,216Amalia187
- #1,216Audra187
- #1,216Azariah187
- #1,216Christa187
- #1,222Caitlynn186
- #1,222Joseline186
- #1,222Rachelle186
Tied with 5 names at #1,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.