Amalia
Amalia was given to 530 girls in 2025, #566 among girls’ names; 16,478 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,400 Americans named Amalia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 7 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Amalia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Amalia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Amalia is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Amelia.” Its etymology gives the sense “vigor, bravery” (*amalą).
Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”), like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida.
/əˈmɑli.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Amalia?
#566 among girls’ names, 2025
Amalia rose from #827 in 2015 to #566 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.19 to 0.33 per 1,000.
576 babies in 2023, the peak
Amalia peaked in 2023, when 576 girls were given it, #528 among girls’ names. The 530 births of 2025 are 92% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 530 | #566 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 551 | #552 | 0.34 |
| 2023 | 576 | #528 | 0.36 |
| 2022 | 514 | #581 | 0.31 |
| 2021 | 559 | #546 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 515 | #570 | 0.32 |
| 2019 | 501 | #604 | 0.30 |
| 2018 | 513 | #593 | 0.30 |
| 2017 | 495 | #613 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 363 | #782 | 0.20 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 339 | #827 | 0.19 |
| 2014 | 306 | #887 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 271 | #933 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 247 | #1,027 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 257 | #990 | 0.15 |
| 2010 | 231 | #1,075 | 0.13 |
| 2009 | 243 | #1,058 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 248 | #1,053 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 220 | #1,163 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 225 | #1,111 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 187 | #1,216 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 196 | #1,151 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 192 | #1,134 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 162 | #1,235 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 155 | #1,265 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 149 | #1,289 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 135 | #1,328 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 114 | #1,491 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,271 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 138 | #1,259 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 144 | #1,185 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 142 | #1,226 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 139 | #1,241 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 128 | #1,309 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 145 | #1,191 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 144 | #1,182 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 126 | #1,247 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 98 | #1,419 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 100 | #1,363 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 109 | #1,249 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 110 | #1,241 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 110 | #1,191 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 86 | #1,379 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 99 | #1,284 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 121 | #1,134 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 98 | #1,299 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 91 | #1,349 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 109 | #1,162 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,381 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,192 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 84 | #1,309 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,186 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 92 | #1,175 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 72 | #1,381 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 77 | #1,376 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,444 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 66 | #1,440 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 62 | #1,436 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,269 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 70 | #1,291 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,323 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 81 | #1,224 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 80 | #1,226 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,234 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,304 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 66 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 83 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,247 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 69 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 54 | #1,265 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 61 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 62 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,172 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 57 | #1,192 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 50 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,196 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 47 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 54 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 63 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 67 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 74 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 87 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 84 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 98 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 90 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 99 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 73 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 124 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 99 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 73 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 78 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 87 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 78 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 71 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 71 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 73 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 74 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 52 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 45 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 36 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 28 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 31 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 27 | #773 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 23 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 22 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 21 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 17 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 21 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 22 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 17 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 27 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 21 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 25 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 24 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 18 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 19 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 33 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 16 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 11 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 20 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 16 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 15 | #659 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 22 | #533 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 20 | #499 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 11 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 19 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 8 | #696 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 11 | #562 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 11 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 9 | #582 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Amalia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Amalia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Amalia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Amalia, and how old are they?
13,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 16,478 Americans ever recorded as Amalia. The median Amalia alive today is 16 years old; half are between 7 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 21,522 people named Amalia (21,473 women and girls, 49 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,682 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 260 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 984 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,890 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,070 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Amalia born?
The states with the most babies named Amalia are California, New York and Texas, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 75 | #442 | 1.6× |
| New York | 66 | #257 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 60 | #530 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 47 | #397 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 27 | #302 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 23 | #456 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 21 | #530 | 0.3× |
| Massachusetts | 20 | #285 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #576 | 0.4× |
| Arizona | 14 | #480 | 1.3× |
Where Amalia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Amalia is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Amalia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 314,933 babies since 1880, Amalia is the second most given (5.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 530 of their 13,906 babies (3.8%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Amalia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Amalia and names like it
- Compare Amalia and AmeliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAmalia peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Amalia since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Amalia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Amalia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.