Amalia
2025 SSA
About Amalia
Originally popularized in eighteenth century Europe due to the fame of Anna Amalia, a Duchess who was a great patron of the arts, Amalia is now a widely cross-cultural name, heard from Italy to Romania, Germany to Scandinavia. Popular in the Netherlands, Chile, France, and Puerto Rico, it can be pronounced as ah-MAH-lee-ah or ah-MAIL-ya or ah-mah-LEE-ah, to name a few options.
Like Amelia, this name comes from the Germanic amal meaning "vigorous, unceasing, work", and while it may not be quite so popular in the English speaking work as its sibling, it has been on the rise in the US since 2011, when it re-joined the Top 1000 after an 80 year absence. Given to 550 American babies in a recent year, it is considerably less popular than Amelia — 23 times less popular, in fact.
Amalia might appeal to those wanting nickname Mali or Mollie over Millie.
Pronounced uh-MAHL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Amalia ranked #566 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #486 in 1885, Nameberry popularity #347.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #887 | 306 | 171.3 |
| 2015 | #827 | 339 | 189.9 |
| 2016 | #782 | 363 | 204.9 |
| 2017 | #612 | 495 | 286.7 |
| 2018 | #593 | 512 | 301 |
| 2019 | #603 | 501 | 298.5 |
| 2020 | #570 | 515 | 318.6 |
| 2021 | #546 | 559 | 340.7 |
| 2022 | #582 | 513 | 312.8 |
| 2023 | #528 | 575 | 358.3 |
| 2024 | #552 | 550 | 339.5 |
| 2025 | #566 | 530 | 329.8 |
World rankings
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Amalia on lists
Famous Amalias
- Amalia Fuentes
Filipina actress
- Amalia Maria Frederica of Oldenburg
Queen consort of Otto of Greece
- Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa
Princess of Luxembourg
- Amalia of Solms
Braunfels, Regent of Orange
- Amalia Maria Charlotta
Princess of Sweden
- Amalia Aguilar
Cuban,Mexican actress and dancer
- Amalia of Saxony
Duchess of Bavaria
- Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck
Swedish noble and painter
- Amalia Rodrigues
Portuguese fado singer
- Amalia Teresa Ramona of Llano
Count of Vilches, Viscount of La Cervanta
- Amalia Sartori
Italian MEP
- Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón
Mexican diplomat
- Amalia
Princess of Nassau,Dietz
- Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta of Saxe
Weimar,Eisenach, Princess consort of Henry of the Netherlands
- Amalia Frederica Wilhelmina von Dyhrn
Czettritz,Neuhaus, German heiress and philanthropist
- Amalia of Cleves
Princess of La Marck
- Henriëtte Amalia Maria of Anhalt
Dessau, Princess consort of Henry Casimir II of Nassau,Dietz
- Amalia Ulman (b. 1989)
Argentinian,Spanish artist
- Amalia Emma Lola Yoo (b. 2002)
American actress
- Amalia Pilgun (b. 2007)
daughter of singer Eva Polna and Sergey Pilgun
- Amalia Elmaleh (b. 2014)
daughter of actress Virginie Ledoyen and Arie Elmaleh
- Amalia Millepied (b. 2017)
daughter of actress Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied
- Catharina Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria
Princess of Orange, future Queen of the Netherlands
Amalia in pop culture
- Amalia "Lia" Milthorpe
main character in the "Prophecy of the Sisters" trilogy
- Amalia Balash
main character in the musical She Loves Me
- Amalia Burnett
character in "Sims" series
- Amalia
character in video game Final Fantasy 12.
- Amalia
a character in video game "Dragon Age: Origins."