Amelia
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Meaning
variant of Germanic Amalia; amal may mean unceasing, vigorous, brave or refer to the Amali dynasty; unrelated to Emilia
Goes by Lia, Mia, Millie. See all nicknames
The story
Amelia and Emilia look close enough to be alternate spellings, but they come from different name families. Amelia is a form of the Germanic Amalia. Even there, its oldest meaning is uncertain: the element amal may refer to the Gothic Amali dynasty, or carry senses such as unceasing, vigorous or brave. The familiar translation “work” is more definite than the evidence allows.
A German royal family helped give Amelia an English history. Princess Amelia, the daughter of the future George II, moved from Hanover to England in 1714, after her grandfather George I became king. Daughters of both George II and George III bore the name, and the name reference Behind the Name records its growing English popularity during this Hanoverian period. It also reached the title of Henry Fielding’s novel Amelia in 1751. Fielding follows the life of a marriage, giving his heroine a story that continues beyond the wedding.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly alone and nonstop across the Atlantic, taking a red Lockheed Vega from Newfoundland to a field near Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Ice formed on the wings and part of the engine’s exhaust system cracked during the flight. She completed the crossing despite those problems. In 1937, during an attempt to fly around the world, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while heading across the Pacific toward Howland Island. The circumstances of their disappearance remain unresolved.
Amelia's name family
One shared root links 5 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: Germanic amal may refer to the Amali dynasty or carry senses such as vigor and bravery; its meaning is uncertain. Amelia comes through Amalia and belongs to a different family from Emily.
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How popular is Amelia around the world?
In the United States, 76,157 babies were named Amelia between 2020 and 2025. In Poland, 2,523 girls named Amelia were born in 2025, the 12th most common name among girls that year.
Amelia is on the official records of the United States, Poland, Norway, South Australia, Chile, Scotland, Puerto Rico, Ireland, England and Wales, Canada, New Zealand, New South Wales, Argentina, Austria, Spain, Mexico City, Montevideo, Brazil and France.
Amelia crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish
United States
1 in 290
In the United States, 76,157 babies were named Amelia between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amelia peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Poland
1 in 98
In Poland, 2,523 girls named Amelia were born in 2025, the 12th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Amelia, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
Norway
1 in 180register 2026
In Norway, 144 girls were given the name Amelia in 2025.
share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure
People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)
South Australia
1 in 2102017
In South Australia, 87 girls were registered as Amelia in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Chile
1 in 210
In Chile, 833 girls were registered as Amelia in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Scotland
1 in 230
In Scotland, 198 girls named Amelia were registered in 2024, the 7th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Puerto Rico
1 in 230
In Puerto Rico, 77 babies were named Amelia in 2025, and 858 have carried the name since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Ireland
1 in 260
In Ireland, 206 girls named Amelia were born in 2025, the 12th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Amelia, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
England and Wales
1 in 270
In England and Wales, 2,153 girls named Amelia were born in 2025, the 3rd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 330
In Canada, 1,123 girls named Amelia were born in 2024, the 4th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
New Zealand
1 in 360
In New Zealand, 161 girls named Amelia were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
New South Wales
#2 · 2025
In New South Wales, 364 girls named Amelia were registered in 2025, ranked 2nd in that year’s top 100 for girls.
share of that year’s top-100 registrations
New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names
Argentina
1 in 540
In Argentina, 1,220 newborns were given the name Amelia in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Austria
1 in 1,000
In Austria, 73 girls named Amelia were born in 2025, the 98th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Spain
#95 · 2024
In Spain, 22,951 residents are named Amelia, the 176th most common name among women, with a mean age of 58.5 years.
In Spain, Amelia was the 95th most common name among girls born in 2024.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
1 in 1,300
In Mexico City, there were 93 registrations of Amelia in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (9 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Montevideo City
1 in 3,5002011
In Montevideo, 7 girls named Amelia were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Brazil
1 in 5,100
At the 2022 census, 40,022 people in Brazil were named Amelia, the 665th most common name, with a median age of 65.
Among people named Amelia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 1,055 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
France
1 in 5,600
In France, about 115 girls named Amelia were born in 2025, the 441st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Amelia, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
When you meet Amelia
Most people given the name Amelia in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Where Amelia travels
Global crossover · A form of Amalia, from the Germanic element amal, whose meaning is uncertain.
Polish · A form of Amalia, from the Germanic element amal, whose meaning is uncertain.
Keep exploring
Names like Amelia · Names that go with Amelia · Nicknames for Amelia · Middle names for Amelia · Global crossover names · Polish baby names · Names of explorers and adventurers
The Amelia deep dive
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