Jamilla
Jamilla was the 13911th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 2558th with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,730 places. More babies were named Jamilla in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,911 girls, down 5,754 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198842 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,181babies recorded
Jamilla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,911 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,157 | 13 |
| 2010 | #10,747 | 10 |
| 2000 | #5,213 | 22 |
| 1990 | #3,247 | 34 |
| 1980 | #3,025 | 29 |
| 1970 | #7,412 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jamilla, counting every spelling?
Jamilla is a spelling of Jamila, a name family that ranked #1,058 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #13,911 for Jamilla on its own. Together these spellings went to 215 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamila | 122 | #1,686 | 641 |
| Jamilah | 43 | #3,543 | 243 |
| Jamyla | 27 | #4,925 | 124 |
| Jamylah | 17 | #6,660 | 76 |
| Jamilla | 6 | #13,911 | 51 |
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 Jamilla?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jamilla (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jamilla 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jamilla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jamilla?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Jamilla are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 22 and 43. That makes Jamilla 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 Jamilla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jamilla, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jamilla
How popular is the name Jamilla?
Jamilla was the 13911th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 2558th with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,730 places. More babies were named Jamilla in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jamilla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jamilla in the US.