Jamelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Jamelia 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 Jamelia mean?
Arabic: elaboration of Jamila
“beautiful”
Elaborated form of Jamila, the feminine of Arabic jamil 'beautiful'.
Is Jamelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamelia 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 Jamelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jamelia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jamelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jamelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 39 | #774 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 29 | #854 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Jamelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Jamelia, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Jamelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Jamelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Fatima, Amelia, Khadija, Safa, Mia, Aaliyah, Amira, Aisha, Jessica, Emilia, Zainab
Names related to Jamelia
Jamila, Jameela, Jameelah, Jamilah, Jamie-Lea, Jamilla, Jamela, Jamyla, Jamylah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana, Dua
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, “Jamelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamelia, updated 20 October 2026.