NameTides

Jamila

Jamila was the #1,684 girls' name in the US in 2025 (122 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Jamila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jamila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Jamila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,684 (122)#1,809 (16)——#1,577 (15)
2024#1,553 (137)#1,230 (27)——#1,710 (13)
2023#1,514 (142)#1,371 (23)——#2,366 (8)
2022#1,870 (108)#1,501 (20)——#1,056 (24)
2021#1,584 (132)#1,102 (31)——#2,021 (10)
2020#1,752 (114)#1,044 (32)——#1,758 (12)
2019#1,502 (145)#1,119 (30)——#1,798 (12)
2018#1,346 (167)#1,013 (35)——#1,741 (12)
2017#1,842 (111)#1,733 (17)——#2,876 (6)
2016#1,735 (120)#1,172 (29)——#1,906 (11)
2015#1,908 (106)#1,711 (17)——#1,499 (15)
2014#2,071 (94)#1,882 (15)——#1,600 (14)
2013#2,052 (94)#1,177 (29)——#1,686 (13)
2012#2,426 (76)#1,483 (21)——#2,013 (10)
2011#2,173 (87)#1,295 (24)——#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #468.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jamila is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,500 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jamila by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Jamila (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Jamila (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JamilaCanadaGirls#1,57715
JamilaEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
JamilaIrelandGirls—too few
JamilaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JamilaScotlandGirls—too few
JamilaUSGirls#1,684122