Amelia

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Amelia is ranked 3rd among girls in 2024 (12,740 births). Its best rank was 3rd, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #3up 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 12,7400.79% of girls
Peak year: 202113,032 births
Best rank: #3in 2024
Since 1880: 268,334people given the name

Babies named Amelia, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

268,334 girls have been named Amelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 13,032 births — 0.79% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 26 of them in the top 100 and 9 in the top 10.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Amelia
1880s	2,957
1890s	3,725
1900s	3,664
1910s	8,832
1920s	8,787
1930s	5,958
1940s	5,324
1950s	5,189
1960s	4,825
1970s	5,321
1980s	9,740
1990s	13,559
2000s	33,287
2010s	93,834
2020s	63,332

In 2021, its biggest year

Amelia was the 4th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Amelia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.