Fun Facts About the Name Amylia
- 419 babies named Amylia: U.S. records list 419 babies given the name Amylia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Amylia Mean?
Amylia is a modern feminine name, usually given the meaning "industrious" and treated as a spelling variant of Amelia. Amelia is most often traced to the Germanic name Amalia, built on the element amal, "work," which produces the sense "industrious." A separate, older tradition links Amelia to the Latin Aemilia, the feminine of Aemilius, from aemulus, "rival" or "emulating." Amylia has no distinct etymology of its own, so its meaning is inherited from whichever parent name it is understood to vary; "industrious" is the usual modern reading.
Amylia Name History & Origins
Amylia belongs to the group of feminine names formed around Amelia, Amalia, and Emilia. Amelia entered English use in the 18th century, while Amalia was long current in German-speaking Europe, and Aemilia was the name of an old Roman family, the Aemilii. The spelling Amylia replaces the e or i of those older forms with a y, a pattern common in modern English feminine names. The name appears chiefly in modern use and is not attached to a particular saint, monarch, or literary work.
How Popular is the Name Amylia?
Amylia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #4,264 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,930 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #6,629 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #6,426 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #7,661 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #6,428 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #6,650 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #4,264 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #5,467 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #6,308 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #6,199 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #4,596 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2014 | #7,010 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #6,268 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #7,162 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #7,463 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #6,924 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #12,514 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #10,134 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #10,177 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #9,335 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #9,504 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #9,945 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #11,381 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #9,532 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #13,549 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #11,816 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,256 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #10,571 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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