Jameelah
Jameelah was the 9731st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 1414th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,558 places. More babies were named Jameelah in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,731 girls, down 3,999 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197882 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,312babies recorded
Jameelah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,731 | 10 |
| 2020 | #5,732 | 21 |
| 2010 | #5,863 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,567 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,427 | 22 |
| 1980 | #1,987 | 53 |
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How popular is Jameelah, counting every spelling?
Jameelah is a spelling of Jameela, a name family that had 33 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 33 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jameela | 16 | #6,960 | 101 |
| Jameelah | 10 | #9,731 | 61 |
| Jamela | 7 | #12,446 | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jameelah?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jameelah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jameelah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jameelah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jameelah?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Jameelah are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 19 and 45. That makes Jameelah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jameelah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jameelah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jameelah
How popular is the name Jameelah?
Jameelah was the 9731st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 1414th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,558 places. More babies were named Jameelah in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jameelah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jameelah in the US.