Jamillah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Jamillah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jamillah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamila; feminine of Jamil
“beautiful”
Meaning borrowed from Jamila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jamillah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamillah is a girls' name.
How popular is Jamillah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1975, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Jamillah in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamillah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,334 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,625 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,885 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,674 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
Names like Jamillah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Farrah, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Safiya, Summer, Samira, Aliya, Zakiyah, Ruqayyah, Kamilah, Nusaybah
Names related to Jamillah
Jamila, Jamilah, Jamyla, Jamylah, Jamelia, Jameelah, Jamilla, Jamela
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Jamillah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamillah, updated 20 October 2026.