Yamilet
Feminine · “beautiful”
Yamilet is a Spanish form of the Arabic Jamila — beautiful — carried into Spanish by eight centuries of Muslim rule.
How old is the name Yamilet?
Yamilet first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Yamilet alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 5,100 people named Yamilet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yamilet most popular?
Yamilet peaked in 2000, reaching #839 nationally. Today it ranks #2214, 1,375 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
From jamila to Yamilet
The story of Yamilet
Arabic ruled much of Spain for nearly eight centuries and left several thousand words in Spanish, along with names. Jamila gave Yamila and Yamile in Latin American use, and Yamilet is a further modern form. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
beautiful
Generally from the Arabic jamil or jamila, 'beautiful', from the root j-m-l which also gives 'camel' and 'total'. The -et ending is a modern Latin American addition. Some sources treat it as a coinage on Yamile. The Arabic root is documented; the compound is recent.
How the name formed
- jamila
- Yamile
- Yamilet
Related forms: Yamilet · جميلة · Yamileth
Pronouncing Yamilet
yah-mee-LET
Three syllables, stress on the third. Spanish gives every vowel a full value.
Nicknames for Yamilet
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most girls named
- 2008310 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #839reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- +2.5%83 in 2025, from 81
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.
Yamilet in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yamilet in Spanish — same name
- جميلة in Arabic — related form
- Yamileth in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Yamilets among us
people named Yamilet are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,365 born in 2025 was named Yamilet
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Antonetta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yamilet's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Antonetta climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Antonetta's path sketches the road Yamilet is walking now.
Yamilet 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
Where Yamilet is headed
Yamilet should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yamilet beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yamilet in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The beautiful meaning is transparent where the Arabic route holds.
- Yami and Leti are two short forms, both with real use.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The -et ending is modern and not from the Arabic.
- Yamilet and Yamileth are both in circulation.
- It reads as specifically Latin American.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yamilets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,100 people named Yamilet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yamilet in 2025?
- Yamilet ranks #2214 among US girl names in 2025, with 83 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yamilet?
- About 1 in every 19,365 US girls born in 2025 was named Yamilet — 83 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yamilet with classmates?
- Yamilet will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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