Jamila is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “beautiful.” In 2024 it was given to 136 girls in the United States.
Jamila 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, Jamila first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #468 in 1977, and in 2024 136 babies received the name — 8,198 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jamila means “beautiful” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jamila is a girl name. In 2024, 136 babies received the name in the US.
Jamila comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Jamila first appears in US records in 1962. Its best-ever ranking was #468 in 1977, and 136 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. 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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