Jamylah — #7798 US girls' name
266 babies named Jamylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Jamylah was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Jamylah in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Jamylah between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamylah currently holds the #7798 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jamylah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamylah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamylah 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 266 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.
Jamylah at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jamylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2020)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #7798 among girls.
266 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 27 births in a single year.
Jamylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 136 births that decade — 51% of Jamylah's all-time total
Jamylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jamylah's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Jamylah by state
Where Jamylah concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 266 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.9% 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, 1999–2024 (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.