How Many People Are Named Jamilah?
people named Jamilah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 130,651 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,672 babies named Jamilah in Social Security records from 1965 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jamilah, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 95.6% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jamilah alive today is about 26 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jamilah first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 1977, to 79 babies. In 2025, 43 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jamilah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,506, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #3,542.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,542 |
| Best rank | #1,506 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,079 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jamilah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jamilah were born in New York than in any other state: about 257 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jamilah was given 4.3 times as often in New York, 2.5 times in Illinois and 2.3 times in New Jersey.
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