How Many People Are Named Jewel?
people named Jewel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,421 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,728 babies named Jewel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
959 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
In part from the English word jewel, a precious stone, derived from Old French jouel, which was possibly related to jeu "game". It is also in part from the surname Jewel or Jewell (a derivative of the Breton name JUDICAËL), which was sometimes used in honour of the 16th-century bishop of Salisbury John Jewel. It has been in use as a given name since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jewel in English. Counting Jewel and these spellings together, about 29,929 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jewel, 92.5% were girls and 7.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jewel rose from 82.5% in the 1880s to 94.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jewel alive today is about 43 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jewel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 959 babies. In 2025, 150 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jewel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #198, in 1904. In 2025 it ranked #1,514. Among boys, its best rank was #410, in 1907.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,514 | #8,543 |
| Best rank | #198 (1904) | #410 (1907) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #233 in the 1920s | #542 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jewel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jewel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,886 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jewel was given 4.1 times as often in Arkansas, 3.2 times in Alabama and 3.2 times in Mississippi.
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