Girls' name · since 1974
Jamelia
930 babies named Jamelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,615 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 930
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jamelia is the #9615 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 930 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Jamelia recorded 930 times among girls since 1974, holding rank #9615 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #7,895 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,615 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 930 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamelia ranks #7,895 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,615 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 930 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,615 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 930
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamelia's 930 recorded births place it above 89.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jamelia compares
930 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Jamelia's all-time total is 147% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jamelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 930 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jamelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jamelia's full recorded timeline at 2000, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jamelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Jamelia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (252 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Jamelia's strongest decade.
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Jamelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 76
1970s
76 births
- 1980s
1980s
252 births
- 1990s
1990s
247 births
- 2000s
2000s
152 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 73
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 252 births (27% of all-time use).
How Jamelia 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 Jamelia's total volume
Jamelia by state
Where Jamelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
16 of 930 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Jamelia's data
- Jamelia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (252 total births); usage has since declined to 73 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jamelias (16 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Jamelia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jamelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Jamelia 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.