Jameelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Jameelah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Jameelah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamila
“beautiful”
Spelling of Jamila, the feminine of Arabic jamil 'beautiful'.
Is Jameelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jameelah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jameelah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jameelah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Jameelah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Jameelah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. 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 Jameelah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jameelah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Jameelah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Jameelah, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1978, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Jameelah in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were given Jameelah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,068, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Jameelah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,770 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,412 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,538 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Jameelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Sumayyah, Farah, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Aaminah, Umaymah, Ayah, Aakifah
Other spellings of Jameelah
Names related to Jameelah
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, “Jameelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jameelah, updated 20 October 2026.