# Amalia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amalia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “vigor”, “bravery” |
| Pronunciation | /əˈmɑli.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,478 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,478 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,602, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”), like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 257 | 990 |
| 2012 | 247 | 1,027 |
| 2013 | 271 | 933 |
| 2014 | 306 | 887 |
| 2015 | 339 | 827 |
| 2016 | 363 | 782 |
| 2017 | 495 | 613 |
| 2018 | 513 | 593 |
| 2019 | 501 | 604 |
| 2020 | 515 | 570 |
| 2021 | 559 | 546 |
| 2022 | 514 | 581 |
| 2023 | 576 | 528 |
| 2024 | 551 | 552 |
| 2025 | 530 | 566 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 1,015 |
| 2012 | 53 | 749 |
| 2013 | 39 | 944 |
| 2014 | 66 | 613 |
| 2015 | 83 | 517 |
| 2016 | 86 | 503 |
| 2017 | 94 | 467 |
| 2018 | 115 | 387 |
| 2019 | 104 | 402 |
| 2020 | 109 | 397 |
| 2021 | 125 | 367 |
| 2022 | 93 | 454 |
| 2023 | 107 | 386 |
| 2024 | 102 | 418 |
| 2025 | 80 | 502 |

## In other languages

- French: Amélie
- Hebrew: עֲמַלְיָה
- Polish: Amalia
- Portuguese: Amália
- Spanish: Amalia

## People named Amalia

- Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1830-1872)
- Princess Amalia of Nassau, daughter of Prince Félix of Luxembourg
- Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
- Amalia von Helvig, German artist, writer and Salonist
- Amalia Aguilar, Cuban-Mexican rumbera and actress (1924–2021)
- Amalia of Neuenahr, German noble
- Amalia Fuentes, Filipino actress (1940–2019)
- Amalia Ulman, Argentinian-born Spanish artist (born 1989)
- Amalia Amaki, American artist and historian (born 1949)
- Amalia Villa de la Tapia, Bolivian aviator (1893-1994)
- Lya De Putti, (1896-1931) actress
- Amalie of the Palatinate, Duchess of Pomerania by marriage

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.