Amelie

femaleGermanic, via German transmission

A German variant of Amelia, sharing the root element 'amal' with related names across multiple languages.

Origin: Germanic, via German transmission

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #51 in England and Wales in 2012. See regions.

Amelie: Recorded since 1987, it reached #51 in 2012, and it stood at #122 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
114times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#51highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Amelie's record

England and Wales registered 1,146 births with the name in 2012, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 20 years. Names by sustained share

ah-may-LEE/a.meː.ˈliː/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

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Independent corroboration

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See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (6) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

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Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Germanic, via German transmission
Meaning: A German variant of Amelia, sharing the root element 'amal' with related names across multiple languages.
Pronunciation: ah-may-LEE
Syllables: 3
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Germanic, via German transmission

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2152
1998	#2701
1999	#1216
2000	#1475
2001	#765
2002	#173
2003	#141
2004	#101
2005	#83
2006	#78
2007	#59
2008	#57
2009	#57
2010	#55
2011	#54
2012	#51
2013	#52
2014	#63
2015	#62
2016	#64
2017	#72
2018	#80
2019	#80
2020	#82
2021	#87
2022	#97
2023	#89
2024	#100
2025	#122

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 30 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2025: #122 among girls in England and Wales, #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #339 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #638 among girls in Norway in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #122 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Amelie appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 378 births with the name.

Amelie across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Amelie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#638 (1987)	#184 (2013)	#339 (2025)	30 of 39	378 (1987–2025)	31 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#51 (2012)	#122 (2025)	30 of 30	18,449 (1996–2025)	1,146 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#93 (2012)	#325 (2025)	24 of 24	623 (2002–2025)	68 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#273 (2004)	#136 (2014)	#407 (2024)	20 of 21	165 (2004–2024)	17 (2014)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#84 (2007)	#68 (2009)	#100 (2016)	9 of 10	795 (2007–2016)	103 (2008)

Amelie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Amelie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000s	5,790	10 of 10	579
2010sbusiest	9,498	10 of 10	950
2020s	3,126	6 of 10	521

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 950 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 288, from 751 to 1,039.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Amelie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #51, first reached in 2012.

It held a top-100 place in 20 years, 20 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,146 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Amelie was ranked #51 in England and Wales · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Matilda#47
Rosie#48
Lacey#49
Emma#50
Gracie#52
Maya#53
Hollie#54
Georgia#55

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Amelia-Rose · #179, 27y
Ameliah · #1583, 21y
Amelie-Rose · #1809, 17y
Amelija · #361, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Seth · #51, 30y
Peyton · #48, 30y
Abby · #55, 33y
Spencer · #47, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ariana · #50, 34y
Alana · #49, 46y
Alannah · #49, 42y
Ashlee · #53, 36y

Amelie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Amelie without appearing here.

Amelie moved ahead of

Jeanette
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1216 and #3900.
Therese
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1216 and #3900.
Cheryl
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #765 and #3262.
Alma
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1216 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Amelie

Iben
In 1992 they stood at #534 and #652 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #611 and #337.
Julia
In 2005 they stood at #273 and #316 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #384 and #145.
Mabel
In 2019 they stood at #298 and #336 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #397 and #158.
Riley
In 2023 they stood at #302 and #328 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #407 and #192.

Moved the opposite way to Amelie

Bjørg
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 while Bjørg went from #239 to #369.
Camilla
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 while Camilla went from #4 to #279.
Hanne
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 while Hanne went from #9 to #318.
Hilde
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 while Hilde went from #33 to #506.

Moved the same way as Amelie

Amanda
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 and Amanda from #292 to #52.
Annie
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 and Annie from #419 to #214.
Åse
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 and Åse from #168 to #93.
Ellinor
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Amelie went from #638 to #339 and Ellinor from #391 to #7.

Meaning & Origin

A German variant of Amelia, sharing the root element 'amal' with related names across multiple languages.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Germanic, via German transmission

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Amelie is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Amelie, between 1987 and 2025, in 35 of those 39 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1987–2025	30	#184 in 2013
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#51 in 2012
Republic of Ireland	2002–2025	24	#93 in 2012
Northern Ireland	2004–2024	20	#136 in 2014
New South Wales, Australia	2007–2016	9	#68 in 2009
Scotland	2024	1	#164 in 2024

Its high point came 15 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (2009) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1987; it appears again in 1991.

Variants

Amélie · spelling
Amalie · spelling

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: Amélie, Amalie.

Pronunciation

ah-may-LEE/a.meː.ˈliː/

Syllables: 3
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Amelie Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Amelie in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Amelie

Amelie at a glance

What stands out in Amelie's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amelie across 5 official records

Amelie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amelie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Amelie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Amelie and the names beside it

Amelie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amelie

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Moved the same way as Amelie

Meaning & Origin

Where Amelie is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Amelie Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Amelie at a glance

What stands out in Amelie's record

Amelie across 5 official records

Amelie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amelie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Amelie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Amelie and the names beside it

Amelie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amelie

Moved the opposite way to Amelie

Moved the same way as Amelie