Jameelah
Jameelah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197882 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 1,302people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,302 girls have been named Jameelah in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 82 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1980s alone account for 25%.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Jameelah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Jameelah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jamilapeak 1977
- Malikahpeak 1979
- Sommerpeak 1977
- Zakiyyahpeak 1978
- Atiyapeak 1981
- Sakinahpeak 1976
- Somerpeak 1978
- Kylenepeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.