Fun Facts About the Name Jamia
- More than 4 thousand babies named Jamia: U.S. records list 4,504 babies given the name Jamia from 1880 through 2025. Even 6 boys received the name Jamia - about 1 boy for every 750 girls.
What Does the Name Jamia Mean?
Jamia is a feminine given name of Arabic origin meaning "gathering" or "assembly." It comes from the Arabic word jāmiʿah (جامعة), the feminine form of jāmiʿ (جامع), "one who gathers or collects," built on the root j-m-ʿ (جمع), "to gather, bring together." In Arabic the same word jāmiʿah is the everyday term for a university, literally a place where people gather, and it is also used as a woman's name. Al-Jāmiʿ, "the Gatherer," is one of the traditional names of God in Islam, which gives the root a religious resonance. The name is not related to Jamila or Jameela: those come from a different Arabic root, j-m-l, meaning "beauty."
Jamia Name History & Origins
Words from the Arabic root j-m-ʿ are old and widespread. The masculine form Jāmiʿ appears in classical Arabic as both a descriptive title and a personal name, and the Persian poet Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492) is commonly known by the same word. The feminine jāmiʿah developed two parallel uses: the ordinary noun for a university, and a personal name for women.
In South Asia, Jamia is widely recognized through Jamia Millia Islamia, a university founded in 1920 at Aligarh and relocated to Delhi in 1925. That is the institutional sense of the word rather than evidence about the personal name.
As a given name, Jamia is used in Arabic-speaking countries and in South Asian Muslim communities, and it also appears as a feminine name in the United States and Britain. Spellings vary, including Jamia, Jamea, and Jamiyah, and the pronunciation shifts with them. The name is sometimes confused with Jamila or Jamilah because the written forms look similar, but the two names have separate Arabic roots and separate meanings.
How Popular is the Name Jamia?
Jamia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #1,036 in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,800 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2024 | #4,228 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2023 | #3,056 | 54 | 0.0034% |
| 2022 | #2,939 | 57 | 0.0035% |
| 2021 | #2,801 | 61 | 0.0037% |
| 2020 | #2,796 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2019 | #2,577 | 68 | 0.0041% |
| 2018 | #2,465 | 72 | 0.0042% |
| 2017 | #2,444 | 74 | 0.0043% |
| 2016 | #2,136 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2015 | #2,444 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 2014 | #2,119 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2013 | #2,544 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 2012 | #2,137 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 2011 | #2,203 | 86 | 0.0049% |
| 2010 | #2,063 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 2009 | #1,713 | 129 | 0.0070% |
| 2008 | #1,457 | 162 | 0.0086% |
| 2007 | #1,433 | 165 | 0.0086% |
| 2006 | #1,319 | 178 | 0.0094% |
| 2005 | #1,297 | 172 | 0.0093% |
| 2004 | #1,228 | 180 | 0.0098% |
| 2003 | #1,036 | 221 | 0.0121% |
| 2002 | #1,086 | 196 | 0.0109% |
| 2001 | #1,190 | 172 | 0.0096% |
| 2000 | #1,172 | 171 | 0.0094% |
| 1999 | #1,146 | 171 | 0.0096% |
| 1998 | #1,275 | 142 | 0.0080% |
| 1997 | #1,444 | 115 | 0.0066% |
| 1996 | #1,345 | 126 | 0.0072% |
| 1995 | #1,857 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 1994 | #2,034 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 1993 | #1,957 | 72 | 0.0040% |
| 1992 | #1,836 | 78 | 0.0042% |
| 1991 | #2,145 | 62 | 0.0033% |
| 1990 | #2,073 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 1989 | #2,586 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 1988 | #2,106 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1987 | #2,505 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 1986 | #2,357 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1985 | #2,147 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1984 | #2,748 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 1983 | #2,327 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 1982 | #2,858 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1981 | #2,540 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1980 | #2,502 | 38 | 0.0023% |
| 1979 | #2,690 | 33 | 0.0021% |
| 1978 | #3,678 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #3,309 | 23 | 0.0015% |
| 1976 | #3,728 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #4,966 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #5,935 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #5,006 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,773 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #4,648 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #5,187 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #4,274 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #4,312 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #4,145 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #5,467 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #6,908 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #7,174 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #5,516 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #6,633 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #6,469 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #6,475 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #5,554 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #6,100 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #10,107 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Jamia Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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