Popularity of the name Amelia, 1880–2025
Amelia was at its most popular in 2021, when 13,041 girls were given the name: about 1 in 130 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #4. In 2025, 12,699 girls were named Amelia, ranking #4. In all, Social Security counts 281,130 girls named Amelia since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 284 boys named Amelia.
- Peak year
- 2021
- Rank in 2021
- #4
- Babies in 2021
- 13,041
- Rank in 2025
- #4
- Total since 1880
- 281,130
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name climbed from #12 in 2015 to #4 in 2025: 9,878 girls got it in 2015, and 12,699 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade is the 2020s so far, when 76,108 girls were named Amelia, #4 for the decade. It started at #100 in the 1880s.
Every 20 years in the records: 221 in 1880 (#96), 398 in 1900 (#146), 1,054 in 1920 (#190), 504 in 1940 (#279), 542 in 1960 (#414), 768 in 1980 (#316), 1,531 in 2000 (#207) and 12,802 in 2020 (#6).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 13,041, in 2021. Its best rank in any year was #3, first reached in 2024.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Amelia, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 221 | #96 |
| 1881 | 235 | #93 |
| 1882 | 252 | #102 |
| 1883 | 262 | #97 |
| 1884 | 315 | #96 |
| 1885 | 298 | #102 |
| 1886 | 326 | #101 |
| 1887 | 344 | #93 |
| 1888 | 358 | #108 |
| 1889 | 346 | #110 |
| 1890 | 368 | #109 |
| 1891 | 353 | #112 |
| 1892 | 385 | #118 |
| 1893 | 385 | #114 |
| 1894 | 390 | #119 |
| 1895 | 379 | #125 |
| 1896 | 365 | #131 |
| 1897 | 408 | #121 |
| 1898 | 360 | #140 |
| 1899 | 332 | #140 |
| 1900 | 398 | #146 |
| 1901 | 350 | #140 |
| 1902 | 355 | #149 |
| 1903 | 347 | #150 |
| 1904 | 353 | #153 |
| 1905 | 365 | #155 |
| 1906 | 358 | #160 |
| 1907 | 380 | #163 |
| 1908 | 370 | #163 |
| 1909 | 388 | #163 |
| 1910 | 449 | #163 |
| 1911 | 430 | #174 |
| 1912 | 672 | #160 |
| 1913 | 721 | #161 |
| 1914 | 926 | #156 |
| 1915 | 1,115 | #165 |
| 1916 | 1,159 | #167 |
| 1917 | 1,160 | #173 |
| 1918 | 1,115 | #183 |
| 1919 | 1,085 | #181 |
| 1920 | 1,054 | #190 |
| 1921 | 995 | #200 |
| 1922 | 1,032 | #195 |
| 1923 | 965 | #205 |
| 1924 | 910 | #216 |
| 1925 | 889 | #216 |
| 1926 | 746 | #236 |
| 1927 | 754 | #235 |
| 1928 | 755 | #227 |
| 1929 | 687 | #229 |
| 1930 | 679 | #236 |
| 1931 | 591 | #248 |
| 1932 | 637 | #243 |
| 1933 | 608 | #246 |
| 1934 | 553 | #264 |
| 1935 | 604 | #255 |
| 1936 | 580 | #254 |
| 1937 | 647 | #245 |
| 1938 | 570 | #265 |
| 1939 | 489 | #282 |
| 1940 | 504 | #279 |
| 1941 | 529 | #279 |
| 1942 | 543 | #290 |
| 1943 | 559 | #292 |
| 1944 | 476 | #307 |
| 1945 | 474 | #312 |
| 1946 | 547 | #317 |
| 1947 | 539 | #343 |
| 1948 | 564 | #330 |
| 1949 | 589 | #320 |
| 1950 | 483 | #357 |
| 1951 | 532 | #345 |
| 1952 | 549 | #350 |
| 1953 | 552 | #360 |
| 1954 | 511 | #380 |
| 1955 | 530 | #383 |
| 1956 | 526 | #392 |
| 1957 | 520 | #404 |
| 1958 | 484 | #427 |
| 1959 | 502 | #424 |
| 1960 | 542 | #414 |
| 1961 | 571 | #407 |
| 1962 | 494 | #436 |
| 1963 | 503 | #433 |
| 1964 | 503 | #438 |
| 1965 | 475 | #431 |
| 1966 | 431 | #452 |
| 1967 | 450 | #445 |
| 1968 | 390 | #489 |
| 1969 | 465 | #445 |
| 1970 | 493 | #445 |
| 1971 | 481 | #432 |
| 1972 | 406 | #458 |
| 1973 | 442 | #436 |
| 1974 | 507 | #399 |
| 1975 | 523 | #387 |
| 1976 | 523 | #394 |
| 1977 | 601 | #362 |
| 1978 | 643 | #339 |
| 1979 | 702 | #337 |
| 1980 | 768 | #316 |
| 1981 | 848 | #286 |
| 1982 | 832 | #297 |
| 1983 | 762 | #304 |
| 1984 | 1,094 | #232 |
| 1985 | 1,015 | #249 |
| 1986 | 1,020 | #252 |
| 1987 | 1,006 | #254 |
| 1988 | 1,130 | #232 |
| 1989 | 1,265 | #216 |
| 1990 | 1,513 | #194 |
| 1991 | 1,536 | #194 |
| 1992 | 1,345 | #214 |
| 1993 | 1,248 | #224 |
| 1994 | 1,255 | #226 |
| 1995 | 1,207 | #237 |
| 1996 | 1,292 | #222 |
| 1997 | 1,317 | #228 |
| 1998 | 1,425 | #215 |
| 1999 | 1,421 | #225 |
| 2000 | 1,531 | #207 |
| 2001 | 1,638 | #199 |
| 2002 | 2,444 | #139 |
| 2003 | 3,097 | #111 |
| 2004 | 3,354 | #96 |
| 2005 | 3,912 | #84 |
| 2006 | 4,065 | #83 |
| 2007 | 4,194 | #77 |
| 2008 | 4,352 | #68 |
| 2009 | 4,705 | #55 |
| 2010 | 5,464 | #41 |
| 2011 | 6,374 | #30 |
| 2012 | 7,249 | #23 |
| 2013 | 8,052 | #17 |
| 2014 | 8,805 | #15 |
| 2015 | 9,878 | #12 |
| 2016 | 10,809 | #10 |
| 2017 | 11,870 | #8 |
| 2018 | 12,405 | #8 |
| 2019 | 12,944 | #7 |
| 2020 | 12,802 | #6 |
| 2021 | 13,041 | #4 |
| 2022 | 12,415 | #4 |
| 2023 | 12,365 | #4 |
| 2024 | 12,786 | #3 |
| 2025 | 12,699 | #4 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.