Amilia is a respelling of Amelia, which goes back to the Germanic word amal and means "work" or "industrious"; the spelling with an i also echoes Emilia. It gives a familiar classic a slightly different look on paper while sounding exactly the same. In the United States Amilia has hovered between number 1200 and number 1600 for a decade, reaching its best rank of number 1200 in 2023 and standing at number 1383 in 2025.