Yamilet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-mee-LET
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Yamilet is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
Where does Yamilet come from?
Arabic: probably a Spanish elaboration of Yamila, from Arabic Jamila
Is Yamilet a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamilet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yamilet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,214th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Yamilet, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,830th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 310 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Yamilet in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 girls in the US were given Yamilet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #776, up from #2,214 for this spelling alone.
Yamilet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,984 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,742 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,801 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,830 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,655 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 135 | #1,622 |
| 2015 | 124 | #1,704 |
| 2014 | 151 | #1,479 |
| 2013 | 200 | #1,198 |
| 2012 | 193 | #1,251 |
| 2011 | 281 | #925 |
| 2010 | 277 | #933 |
| 2009 | 293 | #920 |
| 2008 | 310 | #895 |
| 2007 | 280 | #963 |
| 2006 | 238 | #1,068 |
| 2005 | 213 | #1,112 |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,277 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,465 |
| 2002 | 154 | #1,274 |
| 2001 | 185 | #1,131 |
| 2000 | 265 | #839 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 54 | #2,420 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Yamilet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Amira, Aliya, Samira, Zainab, Hadassah, Amina, Sariyah, Safiya, Safa, Kaliyah, Khadija
Other spellings of Yamilet
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, “Yamilet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yamilet, updated 20 October 2026.