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Amalia

The name Amalia carries the meaning "Germanic, from Amelia", with roots in Germanic. It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

GermanicGermanic, from Amelia
EtymologyMeaning "work"
Births by decade
1900s
209
1910s
559
1920s
905
1930s
543
1940s
514
1950s
657
1960s
708
1970s
864
1980s
1,055
1990s
1,367
2000s
1,977
2010s
2,501
Peaked in the 2010s · 11,859 total U.S. births since 1900