Jamilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Jamilah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Jamilah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamila; feminine of Jamil
“beautiful”
Meaning borrowed from Jamila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jamilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Jamilah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jamilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Jamilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Jamilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Jamilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Jamilah, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Jamilah in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were given Jamilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,068, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Jamilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,457 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,160 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,631 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,980 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,002 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,731 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,915 |
| 1977 | 73 | #1,498 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,820 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Names like Jamilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Farah, Safa, Sumayyah, Zainab, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Aaminah, Aakifah, Ayah, Halima
Other spellings of Jamilah
Names related to Jamilah
Jamie-Lee, Jamelia, Jamie-Lea, Jamielee, Jamyla, Jamylah, Jamela
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, “Jamilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamilah, updated 20 October 2026.