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

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Peak · girls
2024 · 12,786 births
Debut · girls
221 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
281,130
since 1880

Amelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201932girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#412,699#10,6956
2024#312,786#8,3129
2023#412,365#9,7637
2022#412,415#6,47913
2021#413,041#8,8258
2020#612,802#10,6056
2019#712,944#6,10414
2018#812,405#8,1549
2017#811,870#6,68512
2016#1010,809#9,6647
2015#129,878
2014#158,805#8,1309
2013#178,052#8,7898
2012#237,249
2011#306,374#9,6007
2010#415,464
2009#554,705#12,4915
2008#684,352
2007#774,194#9,7887
2006#834,065#12,0555
2005#843,912#10,1516
2004#963,354#5,49214
2003#1113,097
2002#1392,444
2001#1991,638
2000#2071,531
1999#2251,421
1998#2151,425
1997#2281,317
1996#2221,292
1995#2371,207
1994#2261,255
1993#2241,248#8,7005
1992#2141,345
1991#1941,536#8,2365
1990#1941,513
1989#2161,265#5,6158
1988#2321,130
1987#2541,006#6,9515
1986#2521,020#6,7215
1985#2491,015
1984#2321,094#5,5616
1983#304762#5,4846
1982#297832
1981#286848
1980#316768
1979#337702#6,0565
1978#339643
1977#362601
1976#394523
1975#387523
1974#399507
1973#436442
1972#458406
1971#432481
1970#445493
1969#445465
1968#489390
1967#445450
1966#452431
1965#431475
1964#438503
1963#433503
1962#436494
1961#407571#4,0655
1960#414542
1959#424502
1958#427484
1957#404520
1956#392526
1955#383530
1954#380511
1953#360552
1952#350549
1951#345532
1950#357483
1949#320589
1948#330564#3,3166
1947#343539
1946#317547
1945#312474
1944#307476
1943#292559
1942#290543
1941#279529#3,1336
1940#279504
1939#282489
1938#265570
1937#245647
1936#254580#3,5495
1935#255604#2,9517
1934#264553
1933#246608
1932#243637#2,6389
1931#248591#3,0957
1930#236679#2,29312
1929#229687#3,9595
1928#227755
1927#235754#3,7806
1926#236746#3,3857
1925#216889#4,1975
1924#216910
1923#205965
1922#1951,032
1921#200995#3,5177
1920#1901,054
1919#1811,085
1918#1831,115
1917#1731,160
1916#1671,159
1915#1651,115
1914#156926
1913#161721
1912#160672
1911#174430
1910#163449
1909#163388
1908#163370
1907#163380
1906#160358
1905#155365
1904#153353
1903#150347
1902#149355
1901#140350
1900#146398
1899#140332
1898#140360
1897#121408
1896#131365
1895#125379
1894#119390
1893#114385
1892#118385
1891#112353
1890#109368
1889#110346
1888#108358
1887#93344
1886#101326
1885#102298
1884#96315
1883#97262
1882#102252
1881#93235
1880#96221
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Amelia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #3 (12,786 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 2004–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 126
  • 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
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.4% of all girls named Amelia (93,850) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #93 (1887) → #489 (1968) → #3 (2024)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,957#93 (1887)#100
1890s3,725#109 (1890)#123
1900s3,664#140 (1901)#154
1910s8,832#156 (1914)#168
1920s8,787#190 (1920)#215
1930s5,958#236 (1930)#254
1940s5,324#279 (1941)#307
1950s5,189#345 (1951)#382
1960s4,824#407 (1961)#439
1970s5,321#337 (1979)#399
1980s9,740#216 (1989)#264
1990s13,559#194 (1991)#218
2000s33,292#55 (2009)#112
2010s93,850#7 (2019)#17
2020s76,108#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 1932

girls
#243
637 births · 1 in 1,675 girls
boys
#2,638
9 births · 1 in 116,017 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #243Amelia637

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #2,638Amelia9
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 1,675 of them was named Amelia, which outranked 95.2% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amelia
  1. #240Reba657
  2. #241Fay655
  3. #242Ina654
  4. #243Amelia637
  5. #243Cynthia637
  6. #245Maryann636
  7. #246Lydia630
  8. #247Dixie629

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 116,017 of them was named Amelia, which outranked 38.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amelia
  1. #2,465Woodson10
  2. #2,465Ygnacio10
  3. #2,465Zeke10
  4. #2,638Amelia9
  5. #2,638Abran9
  6. #2,638Acy9
  7. #2,638Admiral9
  8. #2,849Abelino8
  9. #2,849Abundio8
  10. #2,849Allard8

Tied with 210 names at #2,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932