How Many People Are Named Amelia?
people named Amelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,406 people in the US has this name
Based on 281,414 babies named Amelia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
13,049 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of AMELIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Amelia in English. Counting Amelia and these spellings together, about 246,039 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Amelia (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amelia alive today is about 15 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amelia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 13,049 babies. In 2025, 12,705 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amelia reached #3 among girls' names in 2024, and was in the top 10 for 10 years, 2016 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #4.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4 |
| Best rank | #3 (2024) |
| Years in the top 10 | 10 |
| Years in the top 100 | 27 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #12 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amelia were born in California than in any other state: about 24,141 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amelia was given 1.9 times as often in Alaska, 1.9 times in Vermont and 1.8 times in Rhode Island.
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