Amadea

#9,488 in 2025Girls' name

Love + goddess

Amadea has been given to 140 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #9,488 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Amadea, 2025

1 in 332,000

Amadea over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Amadea: meaning, origin, and history

Love + goddess

Latin

What Amadea means

Amadea means “love + goddess”, associated with amo and dea.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin Amadea. From Latin amo (“love”) + dea (“goddess”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Amadea (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Amadea is used in English and Latin. Its origins include Latin.

Amadea comes through Latin Amadea.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amadeus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Amadea is pronounced [aˈma.de.a].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 140 girls were recorded with the name Amadea between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2001; its best national rank was #9,390 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,233 in 2020 to #9,488 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #16,580 in 2015 to #9,488 in 2025.

How common is Amadea?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,488; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Amadea sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amadea. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amadeas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amadea was born before 2010 — so the typical Amadea is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 140; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.0% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Amadea rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +4,093; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,745; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +7,092; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2001 (10)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,390; 2001

Spellings of Amadea

Amadea is not the most common spelling — Amanda is, with 86.5% against Amadea's 0.02%.

Amanda86.5%790,638
Amaya4.8%43,525
Amara3.2%28,982
Amalia1.8%16,478
Azalea1.3%11,739
Amaia0.60%5,499
Amaria0.32%2,912
Malea0.28%2,540

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Amadea around the world

Where Amadea ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2017–2025
#5,927
in 2025
France
1997–2023
#4,661
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Amadea by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,488
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,745
Best rank ever: #9,390; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 10 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 140
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Amadea

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Amazin Amazyn Amarya Amanat Amaani Amariz Amanah Amanii Amalee Amayla Amarys Amaura Amahia Amary Amaliya Amarri Amaliah Amarae Amairah Amarrah Amalya Amaly Amany Amaal

Sibling names for Amadea

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Gabriel Lesli Sydnie Shakira Reanna Destiney Cydney

For a brother

Jarod Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Zakary Keven Coty

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