Aamilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-mi-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Aamilah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “hard-working”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Aamilah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Aamil
“hard-working”
Feminine of Aamil, from the Arabic root of amal, 'work, deeds'.
Is Aamilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aamilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aamilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Aamilah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aamilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Aamilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
How popular is Aamilah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Aamilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aamilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
Names like Aamilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Abeeha, Aafiyah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Ayah, Umaymah, Zainab, Umamah, Azeemah
Names related to Aamilah
Amilia, Amila, Amilah, Ameliah, Ameila, Amilya, Amylah, Amilyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aamilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aamilah, updated 20 October 2026.