Jamilah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jamilah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jamilah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,245 in 2002, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1245highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2411
1998	#1697
1999	#1557
2000	#1475
2001	#1305
2002	#1245
2003	#2727
2004	#1459
2005	#1796
2006	#1862
2007	#1965
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2012	#3285
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2019	#4686
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1245 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jamilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jamilah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jamilah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1245 in England and Wales in 2002.

Jamilah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,245, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2002Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Araminta · #1245, 29y
Deena · #1245, 29y
Keshav · #1246, 29y
Yahye · #1246, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Araminta · #1245, 29y
Deena · #1245, 29y
Keshav · #1246, 29y
Yahye · #1246, 28y

Jamilah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jamilah without appearing here.

Jamilah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Jamilah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Noah Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #3615.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1893.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #2887.

Moved the opposite way to Jamilah

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #1557 to #2771 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #1557 to #2771 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #1305 to #2771 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #1459 to #2771 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Jamilah

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #3795 to #5687 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #3795 to #5687 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #3795 to #5687 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jamilah went from #1697 to #5687 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1245 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jamilah

Jamilah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jamilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jamilah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jamilah and the names beside it

Jamilah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jamilah

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Moved the same way as Jamilah

Jamilah at a glance

Jamilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jamilah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jamilah and the names beside it

Jamilah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jamilah

Moved the opposite way to Jamilah

Moved the same way as Jamilah