Jalila

#10,436 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Jalil

Jalila has been given to 231 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #10,436 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Jalila, 2025

1 in 368,000

Jalila over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jalila: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Jalil

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jalila means

Jalila is a feminine form of Jalil.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jalila → Jalil. The family’s meaning is “important, exalted”, recorded in the naming reference for Jalil.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jalil.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 231 girls were recorded with the name Jalila between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2001; its best national rank was #6,917 in 1979.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,138 in 2020 to #10,436 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,293 in 2015 to #10,436 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Jalila?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,436; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jalila sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jalila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jalilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jalila was born before 2009 — so the typical Jalila is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 26.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 231; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 26.8% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Jalila rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −596; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,702; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,857; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.13×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 69.2%; Peak was 2001 (13)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,917; 1979

Spellings of Jalila

Jalila is not the most common spelling — Julia is, with 38.7% against Jalila's 0.02%.

Julia38.7%476,250
Camila10.1%123,854
Lila6.2%76,493
Jayla3.8%46,432
Alina3.7%45,387
Laila3.5%43,484
Alisa2.8%34,705
Talia2.8%34,154

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jalila around the world

Where Jalila ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2004–2024
#5,892
in 2024
France
1970–2025
#4,024
in 2025
South Australia
2006–2006
#782
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jalila by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,436
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,702
Best rank ever: #6,917; 1979
Peak year: 2001; 13 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 231
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Jalila

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jalaila Jaleia Jaleya Jaloni Jalana Jalaia Jalaiya Jalilah Jalasia Jalaina Jalayia Jaleiah Jaliya Jalina Jalayna Jalayla Jalaiah Jaley Janila Danila Jalise Jalaiyah Jalyla Jalei

Sibling names for Jalila

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Alysa Sydnie Sydni Gabriel Cydney Madisen Shyann Reanna

For a brother

Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Aaden Zakary Keven Coty

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