Amelia or Elsie

Amelia is the more popular girl name in Canada, #4 to #144 in 2024. Amelia is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #3 to #8 in 2025. Amelia is the more popular girl name in the USA, #3 to #155 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Amelia against Elsie, in that place's most recent complete year.AmeliaElsie#1#100#250#500Canada#4 → #144 ↓140England and Wales#3 → #8 ↓5USA#3 → #155 ↓152Alberta#3 → #113 ↓110British Columbia#3 → #160 ↓157Ontario#4 → #187 ↓183Quebec#30 → #255 ↓225
PlaceYear Amelia Elsie Ahead
Canada2024#4#144Amelia
England and Wales2025#3#8Amelia
USA2024#3#155Amelia
Alberta2024#3#113Amelia
British Columbia2024#3#160Amelia
Ontario2024#4#187Amelia
Quebec2024#30#255Amelia

Amelia and Elsie in Canada, 2020–2024

Amelia held #4 every year from 2020 to 2024 in Canada. Elsie climbed from #180 in 2020 to #144 in 2024 in Canada.

Amelia and Elsie ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#4 Amelia#144 Elsie20202021202220232024

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Amelia and Elsie in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Amelia slipped from #2 in 2020 to #3 in 2025 in England and Wales. Elsie climbed from #19 in 2020 to #8 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Amelia and Elsie ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#20#3 Amelia#8 Elsie202020212022202320242025

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Amelia and Elsie in the USA, 2020–2024

Amelia climbed from #6 in 2020 to #3 in 2024 in the USA. Elsie climbed from #234 in 2020 to #155 in 2024 in the USA.

Amelia and Elsie ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#125#250#3 Amelia#155 Elsie20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.