Jamilla
Girl · ja-MEE-la · Arabic
Jamilla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Jamilla mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamila; feminine of Jamil
“beautiful”
- Say it
- ja-MEE-la
Meaning borrowed from Jamila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jamilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamilla in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jamilla in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Jamilla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Jamilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Jamilla, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Jamilla than any year since 1972.
Half of all the girls named Jamilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 girls in the US were given Jamilla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,068, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Jamilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Jamilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Halima Amira Safa Jessica Aaliyah Aisha Hiba Amina Safiya Faiza Huda
Other spellings of Jamilla
Names related to Jamilla
Jamie-Lee Jamelia Jamie-Lea Jamielee Jamyla Jamylah Jamela Jamilia
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