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Amila

Feminine · “hopeful”

1995high 2023
#2354 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare77 girls in 2025

Amila is hopeful in Arabic, a Bosnian name from the same root, and separately a Sinhalese one — the routes are unrelated.

How old is the name Amila?

Amila first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Amila is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Amila are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Amila most popular?

Amila peaked in 2023, reaching #1837 nationally. Today it ranks #2354, 517 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Amila

Bosnian Muslim naming drew heavily on Arabic through five centuries of Ottoman rule, and Amila belongs to that layer alongside Amina, Adna and Lejla. Sri Lanka has its own unrelated Amila. Both reach American records, where the name is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

hopeful; industrious

Two routes. The Arabic amila, from a root meaning 'to hope' or, differently vowelled, 'to work'. And a Sinhalese Amila used in Sri Lanka. Bosnian naming took the Arabic form. Neither is dominant and the readings differ by vowel.

How the name formed

  1. amila
  2. Amila

Related forms: Amila · آملة · Amila

Pronouncing Amila

AH-mee-lah

Three syllables, stress on the first. Bosnian says it the same way.

Nicknames for Amila

Moderate

AmiThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in several languages
MilaThe back of the name, and a name of its own that is fully current
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1995–20251095501097719952025

US babies named Amila per year from 1995 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#18371990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1995
Most girls named
2023109 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1837reached in 2023
Change vs 2024
−8.3%77 in 2025, from 84
Amila sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2023, with 109 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Amila in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Amila in Bosnian — same name
  • آملة in Arabic — related form
  • Amila in Sinhala — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Amilas among us

1,200

people named Amila are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 20,874 born in 2025 was named Amila

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Amila

#2354
Amila on the 2025 chart
#757
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amila went to 77 girls in 2025, but Amyla, Amylah and Amilah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 203, which makes it the 757th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,597 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 7,918 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,874 for Amila itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Thao test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amila's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thao climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thao's path sketches the road Amila is walking now.

40%chance Amila will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Amila, aligned on its peakThao· peak 1984not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+30 yrsThao · #13863Amila today
Amila today is about where Thao stood in 1986 — 2 years past a #1837-sized peak. By 2001, Thao had settled around #8914.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Amila 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 Amila is headed

19952030

US babies named Amila per year, 1995 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Amila should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-5% by 2030projected around #2,542 in 2030

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.

Amila beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Amila in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Amilathis name77#2354Eunice77#2354Ameena77#2354Adilynn77#2354Alyza77#2354

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The hopeful reading is warm and transparent where it holds.
  • Ami and Mila are two short forms, both with real records.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • The two readings depend on vowels the spelling does not show.
  • The Sinhalese and Arabic routes are unrelated.
  • Amila and Camila are close enough to confuse.

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Frequently asked

How many Amilas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Amila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Amila?
Amila is the most-used spelling in US records — 77 of the 203 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Amyla, Amylah, Amilah, Amiylah and Amilla.
How popular is the name Amila in 2025?
Amila ranks #2354 among US girl names in 2025, with 77 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Amila?
About 1 in every 20,874 US girls born in 2025 was named Amila — 77 in all.
Will my child share the name Amila with classmates?
Amila will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Amila

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Eunice#2354 · Ameena#2354 · Adilynn#2354 · Alyza#2354 · Klani#2354 · Roxana#2354 · Laniyah#2354 · Aislyn#2354

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