Girl's name
Amelia
Say it uh-MEE-lee-uh
Germanic origin vigor, bravery
4 syllables
Where Amelia is loved, common and rare
Loved in England and Wales, Scotland, Ontario and eight more places. Common across Ireland, Poland, Switzerland and 16 more places. Rare in Slovenia, the Netherlands, Israel and one more place.
1 in 88 girls born in Scotland in 2025
England and Wales 3rdOntario 4thScotland 4th
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Every place
In 34 of the 40 official lists, among them England and Wales (3rd), Ontario (4th) and Scotland (4th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales state | 2nd 2025 | 364 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 2nd 2025 | 337 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 2nd 2025 | 255 | rank only |
| England and Wales | 3rd 2025 | 2,153 | 1 in 118 |
| New Zealand | 3rd 2025 | 161 | rank only |
| Ontario province | 4th 2024 | 509 | about 1 in 107 |
| Scotland | 4th 2025 | 204 | 1 in 88 |
| South Australia state | 4th 2025 | 73 | rank only |
| British Columbia province | 7th 2023 | 110 | about 1 in 109 |
| Poland | 12th 2025 | 2,523 | 1 in 47 |
| Ireland | 12th 2025 | 209 | 1 in 101 |
| Switzerland | 15th 2025 | 209 | 1 in 163 |
| Northern Ireland | 18th 2025 | 64 | 1 in 114 |
| Quebec province | 35th 2025 | 153 | about 1 in 170 |
| Norway | 39th 2025 | 144 | 1 in 151 |
| Italy | 41st 2024 | 917 | 1 in 195 |
| Sweden | 64th 2025 | 157 | about 1 in 256 |
| Catalonia region as Amèlia | 74th 2025 | 57 | 1 in 338 |
| Berlin city | 74th 2023 | 39 | about 1 in 372 |
| Munich city | 78th 2025 | 18 | about 1 in 233 |
| France as Amélia | 81st 2025 | 705 | 1 in 407 |
| Cologne city | 81st 2023 | 17 | about 1 in 361 |
| Spain | 95th 2024 | 271 | rank only |
| Austria | 98th 2025 | 73 | 1 in 489 |
| Slovenia | 119th 2025 | 14 | about 1 in 472 |
| The Netherlands | 143rd 2025 | 107 | about 1 in 570 |
| Israel אמליה | 745th 2024 | 9 | about 1 in 8,719 |
| Nova Scotia province | 5th 2025 | 24 | rank only |
| Estonia | 6th 2025 | 55 | rank only |
| Moscow city Амелия | 33rd 2025 | 446 | rank only |
| Finland | 42nd 2025 | 94 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 65th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 302 |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Leipzig city | 107th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 525 |
Rare, below the listed names: Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Denmark (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Nova Scotia Vital Statistics (data.novascotia.ca) (Nova Scotia); Siseministeerium (rahvastikuregister) (Estonia); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow); Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) (Finland); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
A variant of Amalia, Amelia is built from Germanic compound names that begin with *amalą, 'vigor, bravery'. Over the centuries it has often been confused with the Latin Aemilia, the source of Emily and Emilia, though the two are separate names.
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Its four syllables, uh-MEE-lee-uh, give it a soft, rolling sound. Amélia and Amèlia are accented spellings, Amalia and Amalie are close relatives, and Melia is a shorter variant.
Australia has taken to it strongly: Amelia is the second most popular girls' name in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. It is also well used in Estonia and Poland, and it is climbing in more places than it is falling. In the French records its peak came in 2023.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- uh-MEE-lee-uh, 4 syllables
- Meaning
vigor, bravery
- Origin
- Germanic
- Other spellings
- Amalia
- Amelie
- Amalie
- Malka
- Amelina
- Melia
- Amela
- Ameli
- Emelia
- Emalia
- Emiliya
- Amma
- Amālija
- Milde
Counted together here: Amelía, Amèlia and Amélia.
Etymology
A variant of Amalia, derived from Germanic compound names beginning with *amalą (“vigor, bravery”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”). The name and its variants have been confused with the Latin name Aemilia (whence Emilia, Emily) and the French Aimée (whence Amy).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 10 of 31 regions, falling in 3.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Scotland | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 18 |
| Ireland | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| Ontario | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| British Columbia | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| New South Wales | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Victoria | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Queensland | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| South Australia | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Quebec | 34 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 35 |
| France | 144 | 105 | 98 | 95 | 90 | 86 | 87 | 76 | 86 | 81 |
| The Netherlands | 149 | 145 | 194 | 172 | 188 | 196 | 183 | 175 | 143 | |
| Austria | 137 | 119 | 104 | 126 | 126 | 124 | 93 | 98 | 105 | 98 |
| Switzerland | 42 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 15 |
| Berlin | 92 | 83 | 85 | 71 | 57 | 98 | 62 | 74 | ||
| Munich | 102 | 81 | 82 | 113 | 80 | 84 | 102 | 116 | 68 | 78 |
| Cologne | 116 | 101 | 107 | 87 | 94 | 112 | 83 | 81 | ||
| Bonn | 88 | 58 | 48 | 102 | 132 | 110 | 99 | 77 | 61 | 65 |
| Leipzig | 131 | 102 | 131 | 92 | 265 | 164 | 129 | 163 | 63 | 107 |
| Rostock | 136 | 107 | 97 | 126 | 76 | 187 | 174 | 99 | 92 | |
| Norway | 52 | 45 | 41 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 37 | 33 | 39 | 39 |
| Sweden | 77 | 59 | 61 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 |
| Finland | 43 | 42 | ||||||||
| Iceland | 43 | 68 | ||||||||
| Spain | 95 | |||||||||
| Catalonia | 165 | 112 | 125 | 201 | 118 | 96 | 123 | 120 | 88 | 74 |
| Italy | 65 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 46 | 49 | 45 | 44 | 41 | |
| Poland | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Slovenia | 146 | 125 | 179 | 113 | 159 | 156 | 204 | 146 | 119 | |
| Estonia | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Moscow | 57 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 33 | ||
| Israel | 864 | 894 | 711 | 670 | 884 | 648 | 841 | 803 | 745 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 2,153 | 850.0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,448 | 948.9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,663 | 1,038.0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2,884 | 1,094.5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3,164 | 1,154.6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3,319 | 1,236.5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3,712 | 1,325.5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3,941 | 1,367.1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4,361 | 1,458.1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4,777 | 1,555.3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5,161 | 1,676.0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5,331 | 1,738.4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5,576 | 1,807.7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7,061 | 2,192.4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5,054 | 1,572.9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,227 | 1,316.7 |
| 2009 | 9 | 3,625 | 1,156.7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 3,440 | 1,089.4 |
| 2007 | 10 | 3,250 | 1,061.7 |
| 2006 | 16 | 2,907 | 971.5 |
| 2005 | 15 | 2,976 | 1,032.4 |
| 2004 | 18 | 2,649 | 926.7 |
| 2003 | 21 | 2,299 | 825.0 |
| 2002 | 25 | 1,973 | 737.9 |
| 2001 | 32 | 1,709 | 637.7 |
| 2000 | 35 | 1,489 | 545.1 |
| 1999 | 37 | 1,511 | 536.4 |
| 1998 | 48 | 1,249 | 431.9 |
| 1997 | 49 | 1,145 | 390.5 |
| 1996 | 63 | 929 | 313.9 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Amelia in France since 1925 were born in or after 2014. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2023, at 263.4 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Amelia per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2023 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Amelia
1 in 154 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 108 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amelia. Same first letter as Amelia.
1 in 175 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 109 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 70 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 197 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amelia. Same first letter as Amelia.
1 in 188 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 132 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 146 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
1 in 124 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amelia.
Middle names for Amelia
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Amelia Charlotte
4-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Amelia Sophie
4-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Amelia Grace
4-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Amelia Maria
4-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Amelia Mia
4-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Amelia Ruby
4-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Amelia Rose
4-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Amelia Emily
4-3 beats · initials AE · Amelia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amelia: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables. Amelia slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Amelia
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 99 in Scotland
97% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 71 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 70 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
96% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 109 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 118 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
1 in 126 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amelia across countries and decades.
Famous people named Amelia
Amelia Earhart, Amelia Bloomer, Amelia Vega, Amelia Andersdotter, Amelia Edwards, Amelia Warner, Amelia Bence and Amelia Opie.
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American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
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Women's rights activist (1818–1894)
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Dominican model and Miss Universe 2003 born 1984
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Swedish politician, member of the EP born 1987
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English novelist, journalist, traveller and egyptologist (1831–1892)
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British composer and former actress born 1982
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Argentine film actress (1914–2016)
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English writer, novelist, abolitionist (1769-1853)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Amelia
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Amelia?
Her best rank is No. 2 in New South Wales in 2025. She is in the published lists of 34 of our 40 regions.
What does Amelia mean?
Wiktionary glosses Amelia as "vigor, bravery".
How do you pronounce Amelia?
uh-MEE-lee-uh, with 4 syllables.
Is Amelia getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 10 of 31 regions, falling in 3.
Which sister names go with Amelia?
The deck's top five sisters for Amelia: Emma, Ava, Matilda, Ella and Lily. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.