Amalia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Amelia.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Amalia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Amalia has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 16 |
| 1999 | 24 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2004 | 21 |
| 2005 | 19 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 19 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 22 |
| 2011 | 24 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2014 | 22 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 17 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 22 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 402 |
| 2000 | 414 |
| 2001 | 432 |
| 2002 | 439 |
| 2003 | 453 |
| 2004 | 477 |
| 2005 | 492 |
| 2006 | 503 |
| 2007 | 525 |
| 2008 | 537 |
| 2009 | 550 |
| 2010 | 572 |
| 2011 | 599 |
| 2012 | 614 |
| 2013 | 635 |
| 2014 | 663 |
| 2015 | 679 |
| 2016 | 696 |
| 2017 | 725 |
| 2018 | 752 |
| 2019 | 778 |
| 2020 | 792 |
Amalia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Amalia.Hi! My name is Amalia.
- Amalia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Amalia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Amalias mamma är lärare.Amalia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Amalias mamma is Amalia's mum.
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Questions about Amalia
How do you pronounce Amalia in Swedish?
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What does the name Amalia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Amelia.
How popular is Amalia in Sweden?
22 babies were named Amalia in 2022. In 2020, 792 people in Sweden had Amalia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.