Jamilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Jamilia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Jamilia mean?
Arabic: variant of Jamila
“beautiful”
Is Jamilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Jamilia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Jamilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
Names like Jamilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Alia Amira Aliya Aaliyah Safiya Safia Khadija Talia Olivia Aisha Summer
Names related to Jamilia
Jamila Jamilah Jamyla Jameela Jamylah Jamelia Jamilla Jamela
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jamilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamilia, updated 20 October 2026.