Girls' name · since 1983
Amela
Amela has 467 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 467
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
467 babies have been named Amela since 1983, making it today's #8528 girls' name.
Amela has 467 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8528 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #12,352 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,528 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 467 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amela ranks #12,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,528 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 467 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,528 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 467
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amela's 467 recorded births place it above 82.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Amela compares
467 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amela's all-time total is 24% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 467 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amela's full recorded timeline at 2007, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Amela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (138 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Amela's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Amela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 138 births (30% of all-time use).
Amela by state
Where Amela concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 4.7% |
22 of 467 births nationwide.
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What to do with Amela's data
- Amela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2020s (100) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Amelas (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.