How Many People Are Named Jewell?
people named Jewell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,492 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,126 babies named Jewell in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,004 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JEWEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jewell in English. Counting Jewell 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 Jewell, 85.6% were girls and 14.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 82.5% of the babies were girls then and 79.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jewell alive today is about 60 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jewell first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,004 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jewell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #188, in 1910. In 2025 it ranked #7,649. Among boys, its best rank was #435, in 1906 and 1912.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,649 | #12,867 |
| Best rank | #188 (1910) | #435 (1906 and 1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #234 in the 1920s | #594 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jewell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jewell were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 577 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jewell was given 4.5 times as often in Arkansas, 4.4 times in Kentucky and 3.9 times in Tennessee.
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