girls:
172 births since 1918
#5544 (3rd percentile)
overall:
172 births since 1918
#7567 (2nd percentile)
The name Amalee is the #7,567 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 172 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,544 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 172 births since 1918.
Amalee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for girls in 1918). Birth data for Amalee is available in 23 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Amalee reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #949) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Amalee ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 68.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amalee".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Amalee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Amalee is pronounced as A-muh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MUH-lee, at 28.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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