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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 229 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 41,485since 1880
Jewel over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,512 | 141 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #1,398 | 160 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,241 | 187 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,104 | 226 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #1,215 | 195 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #1,011 | 249 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #971 | 268 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #860 | 315 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #819 | 333 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #919 | 299 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #881 | 314 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #868 | 316 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #898 | 286 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #808 | 332 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #940 | 274 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #919 | 282 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #938 | 285 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #898 | 309 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #791 | 365 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #836 | 321 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #826 | 310 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #768 | 337 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #727 | 351 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #680 | 370 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #602 | 417 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #603 | 419 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #555 | 454 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #515 | 491 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #665 | 330 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #1,098 | 168 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #1,139 | 154 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #1,209 | 145 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #1,202 | 144 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #1,116 | 159 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #1,031 | 179 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #1,168 | 147 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #1,076 | 157 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #1,217 | 123 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #1,070 | 143 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #1,177 | 120 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #1,249 | 109 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #1,225 | 106 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #1,096 | 125 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #1,131 | 124 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #1,082 | 129 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #1,197 | 110 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #1,226 | 106 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #1,358 | 87 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #1,167 | 98 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #1,278 | 87 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #1,133 | 102 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #949 | 128 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,084 | 111 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #1,026 | 120 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #1,019 | 114 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #842 | 146 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #897 | 130 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #785 | 157 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #728 | 187 | #1,595 | 24 |
| 1964 | #682 | 225 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #699 | 211 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #743 | 193 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #677 | 234 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #677 | 226 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #659 | 231 | #1,501 | 28 |
| 1958 | #654 | 230 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #631 | 238 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #574 | 269 | #1,285 | 36 |
| 1955 | #555 | 265 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #532 | 278 | #1,082 | 48 |
| 1953 | #536 | 260 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | #479 | 307 | #939 | 57 |
| 1951 | #482 | 291 | #963 | 53 |
| 1950 | #471 | 296 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #461 | 302 | #967 | 51 |
| 1948 | #426 | 349 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #406 | 398 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #429 | 325 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #372 | 358 | #986 | 42 |
| 1944 | #368 | 364 | #949 | 46 |
| 1943 | #359 | 399 | #837 | 62 |
| 1942 | #339 | 419 | #770 | 70 |
| 1941 | #327 | 404 | #770 | 65 |
| 1940 | #366 | 322 | #758 | 66 |
| 1939 | #311 | 392 | #647 | 84 |
| 1938 | #329 | 368 | #724 | 71 |
| 1937 | #304 | 415 | #691 | 75 |
| 1936 | #297 | 422 | #660 | 79 |
| 1935 | #279 | 477 | #702 | 74 |
| 1934 | #276 | 494 | #634 | 90 |
| 1933 | #274 | 509 | #601 | 94 |
| 1932 | #264 | 562 | #600 | 96 |
| 1931 | #263 | 547 | #596 | 97 |
| 1930 | #232 | 688 | #569 | 111 |
| 1929 | #228 | 690 | #591 | 104 |
| 1928 | #230 | 743 | #515 | 138 |
| 1927 | #232 | 775 | #536 | 131 |
| 1926 | #225 | 787 | #491 | 149 |
| 1925 | #229 | 812 | #596 | 111 |
| 1924 | #229 | 823 | #556 | 128 |
| 1923 | #240 | 729 | #600 | 111 |
| 1922 | #227 | 810 | #520 | 141 |
| 1921 | #232 | 784 | #537 | 135 |
| 1920 | #228 | 826 | #531 | 133 |
| 1919 | #224 | 778 | #529 | 127 |
| 1918 | #232 | 747 | #538 | 124 |
| 1917 | #245 | 642 | #557 | 111 |
| 1916 | #224 | 726 | #542 | 111 |
| 1915 | #237 | 652 | #535 | 108 |
| 1914 | #236 | 515 | #546 | 81 |
| 1913 | #244 | 392 | #629 | 50 |
| 1912 | #221 | 416 | #574 | 49 |
| 1911 | #216 | 327 | #471 | 38 |
| 1910 | #202 | 318 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #224 | 252 | #519 | 25 |
| 1908 | #220 | 244 | #541 | 22 |
| 1907 | #206 | 250 | #405 | 31 |
| 1906 | #204 | 227 | #489 | 21 |
| 1905 | #220 | 201 | #463 | 23 |
| 1904 | #198 | 229 | #417 | 25 |
| 1903 | #216 | 197 | #595 | 14 |
| 1902 | #252 | 153 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #226 | 161 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #255 | 162 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #284 | 105 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #264 | 130 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #310 | 87 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #373 | 58 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #357 | 61 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #324 | 74 | — | |
| 1893 | #414 | 42 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #428 | 39 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #457 | 31 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #464 | 23 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | #909 | 5 |
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #464 (1887) | #654 |
| 1890s | 660 | #264 (1898) | #366 |
| 1900s | 2,076 | #198 (1904) | #222 |
| 1910s | 5,513 | #202 (1910) | #228 |
| 1920s | 7,779 | #225 (1926) | #230 |
| 1930s | 4,874 | #232 (1930) | #283 |
| 1940s | 3,640 | #327 (1941) | #385 |
| 1950s | 2,665 | #471 (1950) | #557 |
| 1960s | 1,823 | #677 (1961) | #775 |
| 1970s | 1,045 | #949 (1972) | #1,152 |
| 1980s | 1,246 | #1,070 (1987) | #1,152 |
| 1990s | 2,371 | #515 (1998) | #970 |
| 2000s | 3,484 | #602 (2001) | #767 |
| 2010s | 3,019 | #808 (2012) | #888 |
| 2020s | 1,158 | #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 1911
girls
#216
327 births · 1 in 1,279 girls
boys
#471
38 births · 1 in 5,947 boys
Top girls' names in 1911
Top boys' names in 1911
More about 1911
girls
418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 1,279 of them was named Jewel, which outranked 92.5% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 5,947 of them was named Jewel, which outranked 76.4% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).