girls:
2.6k births since 1965
#3415 (40th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1977
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1965
#5269 (32nd percentile)
The name Jamilah is the #5,269 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,584 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 31.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,415 (40.2% percentile) for all time with 2,568 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1977.
Jamilah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Jamilah is available in 58 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023 (58 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jamilah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jamilah reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #700) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jamilah ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 78.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jamilah reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #673) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamilah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jamilah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jamila" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jamila..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jamilah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Jamilah is pronounced as juh-MEE-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-MIH-luh, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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