Old German amal, "work, labour" — industrious; striving. Often blended with the unrelated Latin Aemilia; Amelia Earhart carried it into the twentieth century.
Amelia ranks 4th among American girls in 2025, with 12,705 born that year. Its best year was 2021, when 13,049 babies were given the name, ranking 4th. The typical living American called Amelia is about 10 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 0.95% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.