Jameela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Jameela is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Jameela mean?
Arabic
“beautiful”
Feminine of Jamil, from the Arabic root for beauty.
Is Jameela a girl's or a boy's name?
Jameela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jameela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Jameela, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jameela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Jameela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Jameela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Jameela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Jameela, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Jameela than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Jameela in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were given Jameela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,068, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Jameela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
Names like Jameela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Khadija, Amira, Aaliyah, Halima, Hiba, Hafsa, Zainab, Safiya, Abeeha, Huda, Rahma
Other spellings of Jameela
Names related to Jameela
Jamie-Lee, Jamelia, Jamie-Lea, Jamielee, Jamyla, Jamylah, Jamela
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Jameela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jameela, updated 20 October 2026.