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Jasmin vs Amelia

How Jasmin and Amelia compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Jasmin

Female · Arabic

Meaning: A Flower Name From The Older Form Jessamine.

Amelia

Female · German

Meaning: Defender ANSELMA

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Jasmin (girls) vs Amelia (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Jasmin Amelia
Peak year (most US births) 2006 — 1,945 girls 2021 — 13,032 girls
Peak rank #182 #4
Most recent rank (2016) #957 (284 births) #4 (12,699 births)
Total US births since 1880 20,612 204,529
Last 10 years (2007–2016) 8,053 124,049

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Amelia reached 13,032 US births in 2021 — 11,087 more than Jasmin's peak count.

Crossover Years

Years where one name first passed the other in annual US births. A name "winning" in a year means it had more births that year, not necessarily a higher rank.

Year New leader Jasmin births Amelia births
2000 Jasmin 1,645 1,531
2002 Amelia 1,758 2,444

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Jasmin — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Massachusetts #795 31
2 Arizona #824 31
3 California #828 367
4 Maryland #888 17
5 New Jersey #932 39

Amelia — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Louisiana #3 1,899
2 Alaska #3 333
3 Indiana #3 2,887
4 West Virginia #3 747
5 Kentucky #3 1,855

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →