first name
AMELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 176,472 people named Amelia, 63.6% reported their origin as White, 21.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amelia peaked in 2021, when 13,049 babies got the name.
At least 281,414 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Amelia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #7. The largest share of babies named Amelia, 53.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Amelia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amelia has been most common in Alaska (1.9×), Nevada (1.7×), and Utah (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.64×).
267,655 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Amelia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amelia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amelia ranks #105,671 of 156,621, with 180 people. See Amelia as a last name
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