Amélia

Meaning and origin of Amélia

Popularity of Amélia in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2023.
• Over recent years, Amélia has been rising (+4.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Amélia every 3.4 schools, all spellings combined.

Amélia in English-speaking countries

Amélia ranks 2^nd in England and Wales, 3^rd in New Zealand and 3^rd in Ontario (Canada), against 87^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  3^rd girls’ name531 babies in 3 years1 girl in 79−3.2% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  4^th girls’ name627 babies in 3 years1 girl in 87−3.7% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  9^th girls’ name667 babies in 3 years1 girl in 97−4% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  14^th girls’ name230 babies in 3 years1 girl in 98−6.5% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  6^th girls’ name403 babies in 3 years1 girl in 99−0.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  3^rd girls’ name1,566 babies in 3 years1 girl in 99−1.3% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  2^nd girls’ name7,264 babies in 3 years1 girl in 106−6.3% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  4^th girls’ name37,850 babies in 3 years1 girl in 128+0.5% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Amélia and Amelia are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Amelia400
• Amélya260
• Amelya130
• Ameliya10
• Amélyah5
• Amellya5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Amélia

• Alicia
• Amalia
• Amalya
• Louison
• Héloïse
• Adélaïde
• Louisa
• Eloïse
• Alina
• Alycia
• Adélia
• Ella

See also

• →French names of Germanic origin
• 87^thTop 100 French girl names