Jamilah is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “beautiful.” In 2024 it was given to 44 girls in the United States.
Jamilah belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “beautiful” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jamilah first appears in Social Security records in 1965. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1506 in 1977, and in 2024 44 babies received the name — 2,613 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jamilah means “beautiful” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jamilah is a girl name. In 2024, 44 babies received the name in the US.
Jamilah comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Jamilah first appears in US records in 1965. Its best-ever ranking was #1506 in 1977, and 44 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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