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Popularity of the baby name Amelia


Posts that mention the name Amelia

Popular baby names in the Channel Islands, 2024

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Flag of Jersey

The Channel Islands, located in the English Channel, are divided into two territories: Jersey and Guernsey.

Jersey consists of the archipelago’s largest and most populous island, Jersey, while Guernsey consists of the next-largest and next-most-populous island, Guernsey, along with several smaller islands.

What were the most popular baby names in each territory last year?

Jersey

Last year, Jersey welcomed a total of 716 babies — 330 girls and 386 boys. Here are Jersey’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Isla
  2. Olivia
  3. Isabella
  4. Grace
  5. Elodie
  6. Bella
  7. Ruby
  8. Clara
  9. Mia
  10. Pearl

Boy names

  1. Theodore
  2. Luca
  3. James
  4. Alfie
  5. Leo
  6. Finley
  7. Henry
  8. William
  9. Arlo
  10. Alexander

A year earlier, the top names were Olivia and Oliver.

Guernsey

Last year, Guernsey welcomed a total of 422 babies. Here are Guernsey’s top girl names and top boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Charlotte, 4 baby girls (tie)
  2. Isla, 4 (tie)
  3. Amelia, 3 (7-way tie)
  4. Evie, 3 (7-way tie)
  5. Harper, 3 (7-way tie)
  6. Isabella, 3 (7-way tie)
  7. Mila, 3 (7-way tie)
  8. Olivia, 3 (7-way tie)
  9. Pippa, 3 (7-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Charlie, 5 baby boys
  2. Reggie, 4

A year earlier, the top names were Mia and Harry. (And there were four boys named Lando! I wish Guernsey had released more of 2024’s top boy names — I’m curious to know if Lando still ranks inside the top 10.)

Finally, here’s a link to the Channel Islands’ 2023 rankings, if you’d like to compare.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Jersey (public domain)

Popular baby names in Johnston County (North Carolina), 2024

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Last year, North Carolina’s Johnston County welcomed 2,063 babies — 1,022 girls and 1,041 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Liam.

Here are Johnston County’s top girl names and top boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 12 baby girls
  2. Emma, 10
  3. Amelia & Evelyn, 8 each (tie)
  4. Charlotte, Genesis, Mia & Valentina, 7 each (4-way tie)
  5. Ailany, Camila, Josephine & Lainey, 6 each (4-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Liam, 17 baby boys
  2. Levi, 11
  3. William, 9
  4. Daniel, Julian, Michael & Samuel, 8 each (4-way tie)
  5. Amir, Carson, Elias, Grayson, Jason, Jeremeiah [sic], Noah, Oliver, Waylon & Wyatt, 7 each (10-way tie)

(“Jeremeiah” is likely a typo for Jeremiah.)

In 2023, the top names in the county were Charlotte and Liam.

Source: Top Baby Names of 2024 – Johnston County Register of Deeds

Image: Adapted from Flag of North Carolina (public domain)

Popular baby names in Fort Bend County (Texas), 2024 & 2023

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The Texas county of Fort Bend, located in the southeastern part of the state, welcomes roughly 9,000 babies per year.

What were the most popular names among last year’s babies specifically? Emma and Noah, according to data released by the Fort Bend County Clerk’s office.

Here are Fort Bend’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names, 2024

  1. Emma
  2. Olivia
  3. Isabella
  4. Sophia
  5. Ava
  6. Camila
  7. Amelia
  8. Aria
  9. Mia
  10. Eliana

Boy names, 2024

  1. Noah
  2. Liam
  3. Elijah
  4. Mateo
  5. Sebastian
  6. Daniel
  7. Levi
  8. Oliver
  9. Luke
  10. Ethan

And here are the county’s top baby names of 2023:

Girl names, 2023

  1. Camila
  2. Mia
  3. Olivia
  4. Sofia
  5. Emma
  6. Sophia
  7. Evelyn
  8. Amelia
  9. Gianna
  10. Isabella

Boy names, 2023

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Lucas
  4. Elijah
  5. Sebastian
  6. Mateo
  7. Santiago
  8. Matthew
  9. Oliver
  10. Ethan

It should be noted that these two sets of rankings — which were based on the records of “5,731 registered births” and “6,457 registered births,” respectively — account for most, but not all, of the county’s births in 2024 and 2023.

I’ve never posted rankings for Fort Bend County before, but I did post the 2023 rankings for the city of Houston, a small portion of which is located within Fort Bend. (Most of Houston is located in Harris County.)

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Texas (public domain)

Popular baby names in Knox County (Illinois), 2024

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Last year, the Illinois county of Knox welcomed 577 babies — 281 girls and 296 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Elizabeth/Willow (tie) and Asher/Liam (tie).

Here are Knox County’s top 5+ girl names and top 5+ boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Elizabeth, 4 baby girls (tie)
  2. Willow, 4 (tie)
  3. Abigail, 3 (4-way tie)
  4. Amelia, 3 (4-way tie)
  5. Ivy, 3 (4-way tie)
  6. Lillian, 3 (4-way tie)

Boy names

  1. Asher, 4 baby boys (tie)
  2. Liam, 4 (tie)
  3. Benjamin, 3 (9-way tie)
  4. Jackson, 3 (9-way tie)
  5. Kayson, 3 (9-way tie)
  6. Levi, 3 (9-way tie)
  7. Lincoln, 3 (9-way tie)
  8. Mateo, 3 (9-way tie)
  9. Theodore, 3 (9-way tie)
  10. Walker, 3 (9-way tie)
  11. Weston, 3 (9-way tie)

In 2023, the top names in the county were Ava and Isabelle (2-way tie) and Ezra, Liam, Oliver, and Theodore (4-way tie).

Source: Redfern, Jay. “The most popular baby names of 2024 in Knox County have been released.” WGIL 2 Jan. 2025.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Illinois (public domain)