Jamilee — girls' name
231 babies named Jamilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
231 girls have been named Jamilee since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2012.
- 231
- total births
- 1977–2012
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Jamilee was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jamilee in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamilee
The Social Security Administration has registered 231 babies named Jamilee between 1977 and 2012, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamilee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamilee performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamilee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamilee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamilee 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 231 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.
Jamilee at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1977
- Peak year (1985)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
231 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 16 births in a single year.
Jamilee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 93 births that decade — 40% of Jamilee's all-time total
Jamilee decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamilee's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Jamilee by state
Where Jamilee concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 231 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% 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, 1977–2012 (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.