Feminine dossier · first seen 1965

Jamilah

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1965Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

39.7%

2024

All-time

2,613

Jamilah 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 73 girls were named Jamilah.

In 2024, only 44 girls were given the name.

Down 39.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,613 Americans have been named Jamilah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1965.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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