Jamila

#1,684 for girls in 2025, 122 births

Peak · girls
1977 · 418 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,322
since 1962

Jamila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jamila has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #468, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,684122
2024#1,553137
2023#1,514142
2022#1,870108
2021#1,584132
2020#1,752114
2019#1,502145
2018#1,346167
2017#1,842111
2016#1,735120
2015#1,908106
2014#2,07194
2013#2,05294
2012#2,42676
2011#2,17387
2010#2,49374
2009#2,56872
2008#1,977106
2007#2,08597
2006#2,30882
2005#2,27879
2004#1,96295
2003#2,12582
2002#1,654111
2001#1,81997
2000#1,617109
1999#1,461118
1998#1,366126
1997#1,419117
1996#1,139159
1995#978192
1994#905211
1993#829238
1992#921211
1991#878226
1990#832236
1989#867213
1988#974170
1987#887191
1986#861192
1985#1,044143
1984#898166
1983#874173
1982#761217
1981#813196
1980#735226
1979#639272
1978#543326
1977#468418
1976#714205
1975#790177
1974#765182
1973#1,098103
1972#1,59457
1971#2,95523
1970#3,43518
1969#4,41811
1968#4,7799
1967#4,6259
1966#6,5645
1965#4,8318
1964#6,0096
1963#4,8968
1962#6,5785
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Jamila! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jamila is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedMNIllinois: #761 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,542 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedWIMichigan: #644 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,679 girlsMINew York: #504 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 3,390 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedIAIndiana: #667 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,863 girlsINOhio: #901 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,128 girlsOHPennsylvania: #836 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,075 girlsPANew Jersey: #549 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,361 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #870 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 7,290 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedVAMaryland: #447 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,152 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #370 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,724 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #203 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 774 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedALGeorgia: #736 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,095 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jamila, so not publishedHITexas: #2,066 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 27,517 girlsTXFlorida: #641 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,946 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#203 · 1 in 774
  2. North Carolina#370 · 1 in 2,724
  3. Maryland#447 · 1 in 3,152
  4. New York#504 · 1 in 3,390
  5. New Jersey#549 · 1 in 4,361

Best ever in a state: #112 in District of Columbia, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#20361 in 774
North Carolina#370151 in 2,724
Maryland#44791 in 3,152
New York#504361 in 3,390
New Jersey#549111 in 4,361
Florida#641161 in 4,946
Michigan#644111 in 5,679
Indiana#66761 in 5,863
Georgia#73671 in 6,095
Illinois#761121 in 6,542
Pennsylvania#83681 in 9,075
California#870361 in 7,290
Ohio#90171 in 10,128
Texas#2,06651 in 27,517
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jamila
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 131 spots since 2024 (#1,553 → #1,684)
  • 68 spots since 2020 (#1,752 → #1,684)
  • 224 spots since 2015 (#1,908 → #1,684)
  • Biggest jump: 333 spots in 1974 (#1,098 → #765)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1996 (#978 → #1,139)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1977 at #468 (418 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1974–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,668
  • Highest: 1 in 3,668 girls born in 1977 were named Jamila (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,174 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 22.7% of all girls named Jamila (1,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s61#4,418 (1969)#5,338
1970s1,781#468 (1977)#1,300
1980s1,887#735 (1980)#871
1990s1,834#829 (1993)#1,073
2000s930#1,617 (2000)#2,039
2010s1,074#1,346 (2018)#1,955
2020s755#1,514 (2023)#1,660

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jamila in 1990

girls
#832
236 births · 1 in 8,045 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #832Jamila236
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 8,045 of them was named Jamila, which outranked 94.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamila
  1. #827Kyle237
  2. #827Laquita237
  3. #827Sonja237
  4. #832Jamila236
  5. #832Janna236
  6. #832Martina236
  7. #832Tyesha236
  8. #836Billie235
  9. #836Krysten235
  10. #836Nikole235

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →