Jamela — #10388 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamela

The Social Security Administration has registered 938 babies named Jamela between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamela currently holds the #10388 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jamela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamela in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamela 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 938 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.