Ameila
Feminine · “work”
Ameila transposes two letters of Amelia, and that particular slip is common enough that it has become a spelling in its own right.
How old is the name Ameila?
Ameila first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Ameila is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Ameila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ameila most popular?
Ameila peaked in 2020, reaching #3338 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 1,208 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ameila
Ours, offered as ours. Metathesis — two sounds or letters swapping places — is a real and respectable process in language history, not just an error. English bird was brid, horse was hros, and ask was axe for centuries in perfectly good English. Third and third-teen kept the swap while three did not. Ameila is that process caught early, before anyone has decided whether it is a mistake or a variant.
Meaning
work, labor
The name is Amelia, from Germanic amal, work or vigor, through Amalia. The ei ordering is a metathesis of the standard eli, which occurs frequently enough in records to appear as an independent spelling.
Pronouncing Ameila
uh-MEEL-ee-uh
Four syllables with the stress on the second. Most families say it exactly as Amelia.
Nicknames for Ameila
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most girls named
- 202046 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3338reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −6.3%30 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ameila in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amelia in English — spelling variant
- Amalia in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.
Ameilas among us
people named Ameila are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Ameila
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Indra test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ameila's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Indra climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Indra's path sketches the road Ameila is walking now.
Ameila sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ameila is headed
Ameila should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ameila beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ameila in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Germanic meaning about energy rather than drudgery.
- Amy and Lia are both complete names sitting inside it.
- Six letters carrying four syllables, quick to write.
- Amelia is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Many people will read it as a typing error and correct it.
- The letter order is the only difference and it is invisible aloud.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ameilas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Ameila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ameila in 2025?
- Ameila ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ameila?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Ameila — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ameila with classmates?
- Ameila will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ameila
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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