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Jamileth

Feminine · “beautiful”

1992high 2005
#6116 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare19 girls in 2025

Jamileth puts a Central American ending on an Arabic root. Jamila is a genuine and widely used Arabic name meaning beautiful; the -eth terminal belongs to a Honduran, Salvadoran and Colombian naming habit that also produced Lizeth, Yulieth and Yaneth. The join happens nowhere else. Its American peak is 2005.

How old is the name Jamileth?

Jamileth first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Jamileth alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 900 people named Jamileth are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Jamileth most popular?

Jamileth peaked in 2005, reaching #2865 nationally. Today it ranks #6116, 3,251 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Jamileth

The -eth ending is one of the more distinctive features of naming in Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia, and it attaches freely: Lizeth from Lisa, Yulieth from Julieth, Yaneth from Janeth, Jamileth from Jamila. Its own origin is not documented — it may come from the Spanish spelling of Elizabeth, or from Nazareth, which is a women's name in Spanish-speaking countries. What is certain is that it functions as a marker of the region rather than as a word. American records show these names rising with Central American migration from the 1980s, and Jamileth peaks in the mid-2000s.

Meaning

beautiful

Arabic jamil means beautiful or handsome, from a root j-m-l carrying senses of beauty and of camels; jamila is the feminine. The name is used across the Arabic-speaking world and entered Spanish naming through the long Arabic presence in Iberia and through later contact. The -eth ending is not Arabic and not Spanish in origin; it is a Latin American orthographic habit with no lexical content. So the meaning is entirely in the front and it is settled.

How the name formed

  1. jamil
  2. Jamila
  3. Jamileth

Related forms: Jamila · Yamileth · Jamila

Pronouncing Jamileth

hah-mee-LET

Three syllables, stress at the end, with the j said as an h in Spanish and the final h silent. English speakers produce JAM-ih-leth, which is a noticeably different name. The Yamileth spelling exists precisely to guide the initial consonant.

Nicknames for Jamileth

High

JamiThe front two syllables
JamieThe English spelling of the same clip
MileTakes the middle
YamiThe Spanish-spelled front clip, used where the name is written with a Y
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1992–202557290571919922025

US babies named Jamileth per year from 1992 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#28651990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1992
Most girls named
200557 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2865reached in 2005
Change vs 2024
+5.6%19 in 2025, from 18
Jamileth sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2005, with 57 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Jamileth in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Jamila in Arabic — related form
  • Yamileth in Spanish — spelling variant
  • Jamila in Swahili — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.

Jamileths among us

900

people named Jamileth are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was named Jamileth

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Demitra test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jamileth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Demitra climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Demitra's path sketches the road Jamileth is walking now.

40%chance Jamileth will feel “very 2000s” by 2040
Jamileth, aligned on its peakDemitra· peak 1976not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+50 yrsDemitra · #13503Jamileth today
Jamileth today is about where Demitra stood in 1996 — 20 years past a #2865-sized peak. By 2011, Demitra had settled around #12698.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Jamileth sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Jamileth beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Jamileth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Jamileththis name19#6116Alvina19#6116Mena19#6116Harvey19#6116Kellie19#6116

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The meaning is a single positive word and settled in Arabic.
  • Jami and Jamie are both usable short forms in either language.
  • The name has a clear regional identity that many families value.
What to consider
  • The initial J is said two completely different ways depending on the language.
  • Jamileth and Yamileth both circulate, so records will drift.
  • The final h is silent and gets dropped by people writing from dictation.

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Frequently asked

How many Jamileths are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Jamileth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Jamileth in 2025?
Jamileth ranks #6116 among US girl names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Jamileth?
About 1 in every 84,593 US girls born in 2025 was named Jamileth — 19 in all.
Will my child share the name Jamileth with classmates?
Jamileth will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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