Jalilah

Gender: Girl
Say it: jah-LEE-lah
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #4,877 for girls

Jalilah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “great, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).

What does Jalilah mean?

Arabic: feminine of Jalil

“great, exalted”

Feminine of Jalil; al-Jalil, 'the Majestic', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.

Is Jalilah a girl's or a boy's name?

Jalilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jalilah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,877th among girls
Babies in 2025: 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 35% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Jalilah, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 1993.

2025 had the most girls named Jalilah of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.

Half of all the girls named Jalilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 27 in 20252025

Jalilah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	27	#4,877
2024	19	#6,164
2023	8	#11,164
2022	14	#7,626
2021	12	#8,459
2020	13	#7,964
2019	11	#9,106
2018	16	#7,096
2017	16	#7,088
2016	11	#9,408
2015	0	–
2014	15	#7,633
2013	13	#8,575
2012	12	#9,105
2011	9	#11,175
2010	8	#12,270
2009	0	–
2008	13	#8,961
2007	0	–
2006	6	#15,147
2005	0	–
2004	5	#16,092
2003	0	–
2002	7	#12,181
2001	0	–
2000	12	#8,020
1999	0	–
1998	0	–
1997	0	–
1996	6	#11,801
1995	6	#11,778
1994	0	–
1993	5	#13,435