Jewel

#1,512 for girls in 2025, 141 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 88.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#198
1904 · 229 births
Debut · girls
1880
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
41,485
since 1880

Jewel over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #198, 1904peak #405, 1907girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,512141#8,2439
2024#1,398160#8,9878
2023#1,241187—
2022#1,104226#5,21518
2021#1,215195#6,03214
2020#1,011249#5,98014
2019#971268#5,55516
2018#860315#12,1565
2017#819333#8,1409
2016#919299#6,05314
2015#881314#7,49110
2014#868316#5,99714
2013#898286#8,1189
2012#808332#9,7097
2011#940274#9,6007
2010#919282#8,1399
2009#938285#6,43613
2008#898309#7,18711
2007#791365#6,62212
2006#836321#6,09413
2005#826310#6,22612
2004#768337#5,81313
2003#727351#5,27114
2002#680370#5,72512
2001#602417#5,14214
2000#603419#4,78515
1999#555454#5,03513
1998#515491#4,87313
1997#665330#5,28811
1996#1,098168#5,53510
1995#1,139154#5,50110
1994#1,209145#3,46919
1993#1,202144#4,22714
1992#1,116159#4,56412
1991#1,031179#4,00514
1990#1,168147#3,46717
1989#1,076157#3,20518
1988#1,217123#3,07917
1987#1,070143#3,52113
1986#1,177120#3,13115
1985#1,249109#3,59912
1984#1,225106#2,70617
1983#1,096125#2,34121
1982#1,131124#2,59618
1981#1,082129#3,22113
1980#1,197110#2,72917
1979#1,226106#2,15723
1978#1,35887#2,92914
1977#1,22599#2,06323
1976#1,16798#2,70915
1975#1,27887#2,63715
1974#1,133102#1,88624
1973#1,074107#2,60614
1972#949128#2,24317
1971#1,084111#2,20318
1970#1,026120#1,79424
1969#1,019114#1,60526
1968#842146#2,10915
1967#897130#1,71121
1966#785157#1,96316
1965#728187#1,59524
1964#682225#1,90018
1963#699211#1,54826
1962#743193#1,96217
1961#677234#1,34935
1960#677226#1,55227
1959#659231#1,50128
1958#654230#1,39631
1957#631238#1,13046
1956#574269#1,28536
1955#555265#1,29434
1954#532278#1,08248
1953#536260#1,18939
1952#479307#93957
1951#482291#96353
1950#471296#1,06444
1949#461302#96751
1948#426349#1,17337
1947#406398#1,03648
1946#429325#87856
1945#372358#98642
1944#368364#94946
1943#359399#83762
1942#339419#77070
1941#327404#77065
1940#366322#75866
1939#311392#64784
1938#329368#72471
1937#304415#69175
1936#297422#66079
1935#279477#70274
1934#276494#63490
1933#274509#60194
1932#264562#60096
1931#263547#59697
1930#232688#569111
1929#228690#591104
1928#230743#515138
1927#232775#536131
1926#225787#491149
1925#229812#596111
1924#229823#556128
1923#240729#600111
1922#227810#520141
1921#232784#537135
1920#228826#531133
1919#224778#529127
1918#232747#538124
1917#245642#557111
1916#224726#542111
1915#237652#535108
1914#236515#54681
1913#244392#62950
1912#221416#57449
1911#216327#47138
1910#202318#59823
1909#224252#51925
1908#220244#54122
1907#206250#40531
1906#204227#48921
1905#220201#46323
1904#198229#41725
1903#216197#59514
1902#252153#61513
1901#226161#55913
1900#255162#49022
1899#284105#7868
1898#264130#70110
1897#31087#8527
1896#37358#59213
1895#35761#64011
1894#32474—
1893#41442#65010
1892#42839#68810
1891#45731#8416
1890#44633—
1889#47527#7897
1888#61217#1,0315
1887#46423#9215
1886#49120—
1885#7459—
1884#9306#8486
1883#6519—
1882#59610—
1881#7406—
1880#8365#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jewel was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jewel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 114 spots since 2024 (#1,398 → #1,512)
  • 501 spots since 2020 (#1,011 → #1,512)
  • 631 spots since 2015 (#881 → #1,512)
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1997 (#1,098 → #665)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1884 (#651 → #930)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #198 (229 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 65 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 113 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,202
  • Highest: 1 in 1,202 girls born in 1904 were named Jewel (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.8% of all girls named Jewel (7,779) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s132#464 (1887)#654
1890s660#264 (1898)#366
1900s2,076#198 (1904)#222
1910s5,513#202 (1910)#228
1920s7,779#225 (1926)#230
1930s4,874#232 (1930)#283
1940s3,640#327 (1941)#385
1950s2,665#471 (1950)#557
1960s1,823#677 (1961)#775
1970s1,045#949 (1972)#1,152
1980s1,246#1,070 (1987)#1,152
1990s2,371#515 (1998)#970
2000s3,484#602 (2001)#767
2010s3,019#808 (2012)#888
2020s1,158#1,011 (2020)#1,247

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jewel in 1881

girls
#740
6 births · 1 in 15,326 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #740Jewel6
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 15,326 of them was named Jewel, which outranked 21.1% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jewel
  1. #679Will7
  2. #679Zetta7
  3. #679Zillah7
  4. #740Jewel6
  5. #740Aida6
  6. #740Albertine6
  7. #740Allene6
  8. #830Aggie5
  9. #830Alba5
  10. #830Aletha5

Tied with 89 names at #740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881 →