Female name
Amalia
1,602 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2021.
Origin
Derived from Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *amalą (“vigor, bravery”), like Ostrogothic Amalaberga and Amalafrida.From Wiktionary, entry “Amalia”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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In England and Wales
Peak in 2021: 125 births. 1,602 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2000. It is still given: 507 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2023: 576 births. 16,478 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1887. It is still given: 2,730 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2023: 9 births. 98 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 30 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 4,940 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Argentina | 3,745 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Switzerland | 1,448* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 1,019 | 2012–2023 | 17th in 2023 |
| Austria | 970 | 1984–2025 | 71st in 2025 |
| Belgium | 257 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Quebec | 202 | 1980–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0.
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