# Jamila (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jamila/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “beautiful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,322 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,322 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 804, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”).

## What it means

Jamila is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 2,180 |
| 2012 | 76 | 2,436 |
| 2013 | 94 | 2,057 |
| 2014 | 94 | 2,075 |
| 2015 | 106 | 1,914 |
| 2016 | 120 | 1,737 |
| 2017 | 111 | 1,848 |
| 2018 | 167 | 1,351 |
| 2019 | 145 | 1,503 |
| 2020 | 114 | 1,757 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,593 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,877 |
| 2023 | 142 | 1,515 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,556 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,686 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 29 | 1,172 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 31 | 1,102 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جَمِيلَة
- French: Jamila
- Hindi: जमीला
- Italian: Giamila
- Polish: Dżamila
- Russian: Джамиля́
- Spanish: Yamile
- Turkish: Cemile

## People named Jamila

- Jamila Afghani, feminist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan
- Jamila Abbas, computer scientist, software engineer, businesswoman and entrepreneur in Kenya.
- Jamila Woods, American singer
- Jamila Awad, Egyptian actress
- Jamila Massey, actress
- Jamila Bey, American journalist
- Gameela Ismail, Egyptian Journalist, Politician and chairwoman of constitution party

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.