Jewel Girl
How popular is Jewel?
#1,512 girl name in 2025
141 baby girls were named Jewel in the US in 2025, making it the 1512th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Jewel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,512 for girls (▼ 114 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 141 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #881 in 2015, #1,011 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (826 girls) |
| Highest rank | #198 in 1904 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 4% boys, 96% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jewel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jewel family of names ranked #1,180 for girls in 2025 (#1,134 the year before), with 155 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jewel | 141 | 91% |
| Jewell | 14 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jewel is most popular
Babies named Jewel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Jewel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #464 |
| 1890s | 660 | #264 |
| 1900s | 2,076 | #198 |
| 1910s | 5,513 | #202 |
| 1920s | 7,779 | #225 |
| 1930s | 4,874 | #232 |
| 1940s | 3,640 | #327 |
| 1950s | 2,665 | #470 |
| 1960s | 1,823 | #677 |
| 1970s | 1,045 | #949 |
| 1980s | 1,246 | #1,070 |
| 1990s | 2,371 | #515 |
| 2000s | 3,484 | #602 |
| 2010s | 3,019 | #808 |
| 2020s | 1,158 | #1,011 |
Girl names about as popular as Jewel
Questions
- Is Jewel a boy or girl name?
- Jewel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Jewel were girls.
- How popular is the name Jewel?
- 141 baby girls were named Jewel in the US in 2025, making it the 1512th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Jewel most popular?
- Jewel peaked in 1920, when 826 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #198 in 1904.
- How many people are named Jewel?
- 46,728 babies have been named Jewel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,420 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Jewel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jewel was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.