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How popular is the name Jamila?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jamilas are alive today.
Jamila (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1809th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 35 babies were given the name, the 788th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2018, with 35 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 46% of its peak. Jamila is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jamilah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jamila you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Jamilas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 28, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jamila - on average, only one in every 263 such rooms contains a Jamila.
How many babies are named Jamila each year?
Includes all spellings: Jamila, Jamilah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Jamila spelling rank?
Where does the Jamilah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jamila most popular?
Jamila peaked in 2004, when 50 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Jamila?
At least 1,200 people named Jamila in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jamila?
Most living Jamilas are between 11 and 28; the most common age is about 21.
Is Jamila becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.