Jamila
#1,684 for girls in 2025, 122 births
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 418 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,322since 1962
Jamila over time
Rank among girls' names. Jamila has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,684 | 122 |
| 2024 | #1,553 | 137 |
| 2023 | #1,514 | 142 |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 |
| 2021 | #1,584 | 132 |
| 2020 | #1,752 | 114 |
| 2019 | #1,502 | 145 |
| 2018 | #1,346 | 167 |
| 2017 | #1,842 | 111 |
| 2016 | #1,735 | 120 |
| 2015 | #1,908 | 106 |
| 2014 | #2,071 | 94 |
| 2013 | #2,052 | 94 |
| 2012 | #2,426 | 76 |
| 2011 | #2,173 | 87 |
| 2010 | #2,493 | 74 |
| 2009 | #2,568 | 72 |
| 2008 | #1,977 | 106 |
| 2007 | #2,085 | 97 |
| 2006 | #2,308 | 82 |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 79 |
| 2004 | #1,962 | 95 |
| 2003 | #2,125 | 82 |
| 2002 | #1,654 | 111 |
| 2001 | #1,819 | 97 |
| 2000 | #1,617 | 109 |
| 1999 | #1,461 | 118 |
| 1998 | #1,366 | 126 |
| 1997 | #1,419 | 117 |
| 1996 | #1,139 | 159 |
| 1995 | #978 | 192 |
| 1994 | #905 | 211 |
| 1993 | #829 | 238 |
| 1992 | #921 | 211 |
| 1991 | #878 | 226 |
| 1990 | #832 | 236 |
| 1989 | #867 | 213 |
| 1988 | #974 | 170 |
| 1987 | #887 | 191 |
| 1986 | #861 | 192 |
| 1985 | #1,044 | 143 |
| 1984 | #898 | 166 |
| 1983 | #874 | 173 |
| 1982 | #761 | 217 |
| 1981 | #813 | 196 |
| 1980 | #735 | 226 |
| 1979 | #639 | 272 |
| 1978 | #543 | 326 |
| 1977 | #468 | 418 |
| 1976 | #714 | 205 |
| 1975 | #790 | 177 |
| 1974 | #765 | 182 |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 |
| 1972 | #1,594 | 57 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#264 · 1 in 1,163
- Connecticut#383 · 1 in 2,742
- Illinois#444 · 1 in 3,040
- New York#447 · 1 in 3,039
- Indiana#453 · 1 in 3,754
Best ever in a state: #112 in District of Columbia, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #264 | 5 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Connecticut | #383 | 5 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Illinois | #444 | 23 | 1 in 3,040 |
| New York | #447 | 33 | 1 in 3,039 |
| Indiana | #453 | 9 | 1 in 3,754 |
| Washington | #495 | 6 | 1 in 3,473 |
| Pennsylvania | #516 | 13 | 1 in 4,954 |
| New Jersey | #543 | 8 | 1 in 4,403 |
| Florida | #653 | 8 | 1 in 5,121 |
| California | #676 | 28 | 1 in 5,138 |
| Michigan | #728 | 7 | 1 in 7,772 |
| Ohio | #730 | 8 | 1 in 8,420 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1977 at #468 (418 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1974–1984
- 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%)
- 22.7% of all girls named Jamila (1,887) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61 | #4,418 (1969) | #5,338 |
| 1970s | 1,781 | #468 (1977) | #1,300 |
| 1980s | 1,887 | #735 (1980) | #871 |
| 1990s | 1,834 | #829 (1993) | #1,073 |
| 2000s | 930 | #1,617 (2000) | #2,039 |
| 2010s | 1,074 | #1,346 (2018) | #1,955 |
| 2020s | 755 | #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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 7,147 of them was named Jamila, which outranked 93.5% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #709Jeanna206
- #709Niki206
- #709Rocio206
- #714Jamila205
- #714Juana205
- #714Khalilah205
- #714Louise205
- #719January204
- #719Mollie204
- #721Joey203
Tied with 4 names at #714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.