Unisex name · since 1974
Jamile
Jamile has 229 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 229
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamile sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 229 recorded since 1974.
Jamile has 229 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1974 to 2015.
- #12,158 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 229 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamile ranks #12,158 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 229 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 229
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamile's 229 recorded births place it above 73.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Jamile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jamile splits its recorded history at 1990: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jamile popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Jamile popularity over time - girls
204 total births recorded since 1975 (Jamile as girls' name)
Jamile by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (86 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Jamile's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jamile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 86 births (38% of all-time use).
Jamile by state
Where Jamile concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 229 births nationwide.
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- Jamile's decade-level peak was the 1980s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jamiles (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jamile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1974–2015 (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 Jamile 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.