How popular is the name Jamila?

Jamila ranks 1,576th among girls' names in US records, with 8,198 births since 1962. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,280.

Is Jamila a unisex name?

No. Jamila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1977, when 418 children were given the name. It has been in use for 63 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,576 of girl names

Pronounced JH AH0 M IH1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

Jamila is a girls' name, and first appears in 1962. It has been given to 8,198 children — the 1,576th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 49% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 1977, when 418 children were given it.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jamila?: Jamila ranks 1,576th among girls' names in US records, with 8,198 births since 1962. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,280.
Is Jamila a unisex name?: No. Jamila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jamila most popular?: 1977, when 418 children were given the name. It has been in use for 63 years and is still recorded as of 2024.