Jameela — #5641 US girls' name
910 babies named Jameela in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Jameela was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Jameela in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jameela
The Social Security Administration has registered 910 babies named Jameela between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jameela currently holds the #5641 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jameela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jameela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Jameela in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jameela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 910 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jameela at a glance
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Current rank
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Jameela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1993)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #5641 among girls.
910 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 30 births in a single year.
Jameela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 225 births that decade — 25% of Jameela's all-time total
Jameela decade highlights
- Peak decade 225 births
- Runner-up 170 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jameela's strongest decade
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Jameela by state
Where Jameela concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
12 of 910 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.