Jamila Girl
How popular is Jamila?
#1,684 girl name in 2025
122 baby girls were named Jamila in the US in 2025, making it the 1684th most popular girl name.
Jamila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,684 for girls (▼ 131 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 122 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,908 in 2015, #1,752 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (418 girls) |
| Highest rank | #468 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jamila 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 Jamila is most popular
Babies named Jamila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Jamila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61 | #4,417 |
| 1970s | 1,781 | #468 |
| 1980s | 1,887 | #735 |
| 1990s | 1,834 | #828 |
| 2000s | 930 | #1,615 |
| 2010s | 1,074 | #1,346 |
| 2020s | 755 | #1,514 |
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Questions
- Is Jamila a boy or girl name?
- Jamila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jamila were girls.
- How popular is the name Jamila?
- 122 baby girls were named Jamila in the US in 2025, making it the 1684th most popular girl name.
- When was Jamila most popular?
- Jamila peaked in 1977, when 418 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #468 in 1977.
- How many people are named Jamila?
- 8,322 babies have been named Jamila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,133 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Jamila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jamila was most common in New York, at 0.2 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.