Girls' name · since 1919
Amelita
66 babies named Amelita in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
66 girls have been named Amelita since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Amelita has 66 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1981.
- #31,718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amelita ranks #31,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Amelita's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amelita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amelita's full recorded timeline at 1925, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amelita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1981
- Peak year (1924)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Amelita by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (46 births, 70% of the file).
1920s was Amelita's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Amelita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 46 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Amelita's decade-level peak was the 1920s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Amelita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1919–1981 (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 Amelita 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.