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Amelie

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Amelie is ranked 711th among girls in 2024 (394 births). Its best rank was 603rd, in 2013.

Rank in 2024
#711up 182 from 2023
Births in 2024
3940.02% of girls
Peak year
2013466 births
Best rank
#603in 2013
Since 1886
9,323people given the name
Babies named Amelie, by year of birthgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

9,323 girls have been named Amelie in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 466 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Amelie
1880s15
1890s18
1900s33
1910s69
1920s46
1930s11
1940s18
1950s59
1960s41
1970s90
1980s125
1990s184
2000s2,683
2010s4,253
2020s1,678

In 2013, its biggest year

Amelie was the 603rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2013 were Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2013.

Names that rose and fell with Amelie

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.