Jamila
Girl · ja-MEE-la · Arabic
Jamila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 1,684th for girls in the US (122 babies).
What does Jamila mean?
Arabic: feminine of Jamil
“beautiful”
- Say it
- ja-MEE-la
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Is Jamila a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 122 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Jamila, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 35 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Jamila than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Jamila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 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 Jamila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Jamila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 31 | #943 |
| 2004 | 35 | #853 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 29 | #871 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 30 | #819 |
| 1998 | 31 | #813 |
| 1997 | 33 | #788 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
How popular is Jamila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,684among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 122about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 122 girls in the US were named Jamila, making it the 1,684th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,752nd. Its busiest year was 1977, with 418 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Jamila 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 Jamila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,068, up from #1,684 for this spelling alone.
Jamila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #1,684 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,553 |
| 2023 | 142 | #1,514 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,870 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,752 |
| 2019 | 145 | #1,502 |
| 2018 | 167 | #1,346 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,842 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,735 |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,908 |
| 2014 | 94 | #2,071 |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,052 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 87 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | 74 | #2,493 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,977 |
| 2007 | 97 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 95 | #1,961 |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,122 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,653 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,815 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,615 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,459 |
| 1998 | 126 | #1,364 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,417 |
| 1996 | 159 | #1,137 |
| 1995 | 192 | #975 |
| 1994 | 211 | #904 |
| 1993 | 238 | #828 |
| 1992 | 211 | #919 |
| 1991 | 226 | #876 |
| 1990 | 236 | #831 |
| 1989 | 213 | #864 |
| 1988 | 170 | #974 |
| 1987 | 191 | #887 |
| 1986 | 192 | #861 |
| 1985 | 143 | #1,044 |
| 1984 | 166 | #898 |
| 1983 | 173 | #874 |
| 1982 | 217 | #761 |
| 1981 | 196 | #813 |
| 1980 | 226 | #735 |
| 1979 | 272 | #639 |
| 1978 | 326 | #543 |
| 1977 | 418 | #468 |
| 1976 | 205 | #714 |
| 1975 | 177 | #790 |
| 1974 | 182 | #765 |
| 1973 | 103 | #1,098 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,594 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
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