Jamilah Girl
How popular is Jamilah?
#3,516 girl name in 2025
43 baby girls were named Jamilah in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
Jamilah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,516 for girls |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,389 in 2015, #3,141 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (73 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,498 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1965 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jamilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jamila family of names ranked #951 for girls in 2025 (#955 the year before), with 222 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jamila | 122 | 55% |
| Jamilah | 43 | 19% |
| Jamyla | 27 | 12% |
| Jamylah | 17 | 8% |
| Jamilla | 6 | 3% |
| Jamela | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jamilah is most popular
Babies named Jamilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Jamilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22 | #5,808 |
| 1970s | 349 | #1,498 |
| 1980s | 474 | #1,808 |
| 1990s | 532 | #1,980 |
| 2000s | 442 | #2,631 |
| 2010s | 544 | #2,457 |
| 2020s | 293 | #2,789 |
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Questions
- Is Jamilah a boy or girl name?
- Jamilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jamilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Jamilah?
- 43 baby girls were named Jamilah in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
- When was Jamilah most popular?
- Jamilah peaked in 1977, when 73 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,498 in 1977.
- How many people are named Jamilah?
- 2,672 babies have been named Jamilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,623 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Jamilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jamilah was most common in Minnesota, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.