Girls' name · since 1969
Jameelah
1,312 babies named Jameelah in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,245 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,599 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,312
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jameelah currently ranks #9599 among girls' names in America, with 1,312 babies recorded since 1969.
Jameelah has 1,312 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9599 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #6,245 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,599 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,312 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jameelah ranks #6,245 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,599 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,312 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,245 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,599 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,312
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jameelah's 1,312 recorded births place it above 91.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jameelah compares
1,312 Top 28% higher than 72% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jameelah's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jameelah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,312 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 82 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jameelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jameelah splits its recorded history at 1999: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 82 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jameelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Jameelah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (330 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Jameelah's strongest decade.
330 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jameelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
267 births
- 1980s
1980s
330 births
- 1990s
1990s
254 births
- 2000s
2000s
179 births
- 2010s
2010s
195 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 330 births (25% of all-time use).
How Jameelah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jameelah's total volume
Jameelah by state
Where Jameelah concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 114 | 8.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 54 | 4.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 24 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Texas | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 10 | 0.8% |
114 of 1,312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Jameelah's data
- Jameelah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (330 total births); usage has since declined to 82 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jameelahs (114 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jameelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jameelah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.