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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #198 (229 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 65 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1968
- 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%)
- 18.8% of all girls named Jewel (7,779) were born in this decade
- 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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 1,899 of them was named Jewel, which outranked 94.8% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 10,877 of them was named Jewel, which outranked 86.0% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).