Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jamilah

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
beautiful
African

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jamilah

Pronunciation

j(a)-mi-lah

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1977 (rank #5115, 6 births); most recent 1979 (rank #6049, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #1498, 73 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3517, 43 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–43
2024–44
2023–61
2022–36
2021–59
2020–50
2019–66
2018–72
2017–45
2016–52

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #1246, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20254
20249
20233
20223
2021–
2020–
20194
2018–
20174
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1960 (rank #1195, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence