Jamilya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-MEE-lyuh
- Origin
- Arabic
Jamilya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jamilya mean?
Arabic: variant of Jamila, also used in Central Asia
“beautiful”
A variant of Jamila, from the Arabic word for beautiful, also used in Central Asia and Russia.
Is Jamilya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamilya is a girls' name.
How popular is Jamilya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Jamilya in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamilya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Jamilya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Safiya, Samira, Safa, Amira, Zahara, Salma, Zainab, Safia, Jaliyah, Khadija
Names related to Jamilya
Jamila, Jamilah, Jamyla, Jameela, Jamylah, Jamelia, Jamilla, Jamela
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Jamilya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamilya, updated 20 October 2026.