Jamile — boys' name
229 babies named Jamile in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
229 boys have been named Jamile since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2015.
- 229
- total births
- 1974–2015
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Jamile was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Jamile in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamile
The Social Security Administration has registered 229 babies named Jamile between 1974 and 2015, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamile currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Jamile is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 204 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamile performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamile shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamile in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamile 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 229 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.
Jamile at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamile popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1974
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
229 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 14 births in a single year.
Jamile popularity over time — girls
204 total births recorded since 1975 (Jamile as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jamile accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamile by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 86 births that decade — 38% of Jamile's all-time total
Jamile decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamile's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.6% 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, 1974–2015 (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.