Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Amalia

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
Industrious. Striving.
Industrious, hard working
German
Derived from the Germanic amal, or "work."
Italian
Industrious, hard working; the original form of Emily,

Syllables

4

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Amalia

Pronunciation

a-ma-lia

Famous People

Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress known as the Queen of Fado, Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece, Amalia of Solms- Braunfels, Countess, Amalia Freud, mother of Sigmund Freud, Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter, Amalia Assur, the first female dentist in Sweden, Amalia Garcia, Mexican politician

Celebrity Babies

daughter of Willem-Alexander, Prince of the Netherlands, and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #528, 575 births); most recent 2025 (rank #566, 530 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025530
2024550
2023575
2022513
2021559
2020515
2019501
2018512
2017495
2016363

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #367, 125 births); most recent 2025 (rank #502, 80 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202580
2024102
2023107
202293
2021125
2020109
2019104
2018115
201794
201686

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #213, 292 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023292
2022258
2021255
2020209
2019220
2018220
2017199
2016140
2015157
2014179

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #394, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
20246
20239
20223
20218
20204
20196
20185
20178
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #476, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20246
20233
20225
20216
2020–
20193
20184
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #439, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #397, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20219
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
20155
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence