Amelia
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Amelia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In English, recorded as Based on Latin Emilia; introduced to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.9K
- SESweden1 in 338as Emilia
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Amelia itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #778 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 511 (measured from records)
- 1 in 844 (inferred from the name graph)
176,472 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Emilia in FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Based on Latin Emilia; introduced to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
How Amelia is read(measured from records)
Amelia is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish41%
Hipocorístico de Amelberga; usado también como variante de ese nombre.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English34%
Based on Latin Emilia; introduced to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans.
as a nameIrish first names
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese12%
amelia (congenital absence of one or more limbs)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Amelia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #584 | 176,472 | 1 in 1.9K | 176K | Amelia | 511 |
| PL Poland | — | 165,157as Emilia | 1 in 232 | 165K | — | 7 |
| FI Finland | — | 71,923as Emilia | 1 in 77 | 92K | Emilia | 16 |
| PH Philippines | #365 | ≈65,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Amelia | 96 |
| ES Spain | #355 | 41,245as Emilia | 1 in 1.2K | 44K | Amelia | 153 |
| SE Sweden | #861 | 30,143as Emilia | 1 in 338 | 30K | Amelia | 48 |
| MD Moldova | — | 9,652as Emilia | 1 in 349 | 9.7K | — | 8 |
| AL Albania | — | 3,641 | 1 in 844 | 3.6K | — | 2 |
176,472 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); e-services.md — living population register; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Amelia is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A blend of two medieval names: Emilia (which is of Latin origin: see Emily) and the Latinized Germanic Amalia (a short form of various personal names containing the word amal ‘work’). Henry Fielding is sometimes credited with having coined it for the heroine of his novel Amelia (1751), but forms such as Meelia, Amaly and Aemelia occur from the 17th century onwards.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Italian, forma feminina de Amelio; pode indicar natural de Amelia
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Abigail Adams Smithb. 1765USnot in their usual namedaughter of John Adams (1765-1813)
- Empress Amélie of Brazilb. 1812FRnot in their usual nameEmpress consort of Brasil (1812–1873)
- Amelia Bloomerb. 1818USWomen's rights activist (1818–1894)
- Amelia Earhartb. 1897USAmerican aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
- Amelia Bullmoreb. 1964GBEnglish actor, playwright, scriptwriter
- Amelia Warnerb. 1982GBBritish composer and former actress
- Amelia Vegab. 1984DODominican model and Miss Universe 2003
- Iggy Azaleab. 1990AUnot in their usual nameAustralian rapper (born 1990)
- Jade Thirlwallb. 1992GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer
- Amelia Windsorb. 1995GBnoblewoman; English fashion model; youngest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 152 sources across 79 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 176K | #311 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 130K | #54 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 130K | #54 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 24K | #170 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 23K | #316 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13K | — |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 7.9K | #126 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 5.3K | #588 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 3.6K | #63 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 3.4K | #401 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 3K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 2.9K | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Amelia?
- In the etymology graph, Amalia, Amelie and Millie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Amelia mean, and where does it come from?
- Based on Latin Emilia; introduced to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Amelia a male or female name?
- Amelia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Amelia?
- In the United States, the national register counted 176,472 people named Amelia in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Amelia compared with other names?
- In the United States, Amelia is the 584th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Amelia have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 176 thousand people named Amelia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled amelia.
- Where is Amelia most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Amelia is densest in Albania — about 1 in 844 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ameliaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Amelia” — the 584th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.