Girls' name · since 1886
Amelie
Amelie has 9,654 recorded births since 1886 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #828 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,654
- born since 1886
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amelie is the #828 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,654 recorded since 1886.
Amelie has 9,654 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #828 as of the latest data, more common than 95% 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 1886 to 2025.
- #1,714 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #828 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,654 born since 1886
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amelie ranks #1,714 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #828 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,654 born since 1886, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #828 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,654
- born since 1886
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amelie's 9,654 recorded births place it above 97.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Amelie compares
9,654 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Amelie's all-time total is 26x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amelie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,654 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 466 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amelie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amelie splits its recorded history at 1975: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1896 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 466 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 466
- Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
Amelie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,253 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Amelie's strongest decade.
4,253 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Amelie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 15
1880s
15 births
- 1890s 18
1890s
18 births
- 1900s 33
1900s
33 births
- 1910s 69
1910s
69 births
- 1920s 46
1920s
46 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 59
1950s
59 births
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s 90
1970s
90 births
- 1980s 126
1980s
126 births
- 1990s 184
1990s
184 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,683 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,253 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,008 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,253 births (44% of all-time use).
How Amelie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amelie's total volume
Amelie by state
Where Amelie concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,110 | 21.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 882 | 9.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 694 | 7.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 678 | 7.0% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 478 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 330 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 294 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 235 | 2.4% |
2,110 of 9,654 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Amelie appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Amelie's data
- Amelie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (4,253 total births) through the 2020s (2,008) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Amelies (2,110 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amelie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~139 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, 1886–2025 (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 Amelie 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.