girls:
15.4k births since 1880
#1227 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.4k births since 1880
#2108 (73rd percentile)
The name Amalia is the #2,108 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,389 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 72.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,227 (78.5% percentile) for all time with 15,389 births since 1880.
Amalia has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880
For girls, Amalia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 50.7% percentile (ranked #467) with 327 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 327 births per million (ranked 50.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amalia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #467 (50.7% percentile) with 327 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amalia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Amalia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.2% confident that Amalia is pronounced as uh-MAHL-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MAYL-yuh, at 24.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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