Name meaning & stats
Jamila
Jamila means “beautiful” (Arabic origin). 8,322 US babies since 1940, peak 1977.
What it means
“beautiful”
ArabicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1977
8,322 US babies were named Jamila between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jamila (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 42% of the family
- Jamila 42%
- Jamilah 13%
- Jameelah 7%
- Jamilla 6%
- Jamillah 5%
- Jamela 5%
- Jamelia 5%
- Jameela 5%
- Jamyla 4%
- Jamilia 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1977)