Feminine dossier · first seen 1962

Jamila

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jamila
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

418

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1962Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

67.5%

2024

136

All-time

8,198

Jamila has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1977, when 418 girls were named Jamila.

In 2024, only 136 girls were given the name.

Down 67.5% from its peak.

All told, about 8,198 Americans have been named Jamila and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1962.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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