Jewell
Jewell is given to both girls and boys: 14 girls and 5 boys were given it in 2025 (#7,649 among girls’ names and #12,868 among boys’, #10,777 among all names counting both); 34,126 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,850 Americans named Jewell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 40 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jewell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jewell mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jewell is “a female given name from English, of rare usage, variant of Jewel.” Its etymology gives the senses “lord” (Judicaël) and “generous.” (+).
Also “a male given name from the Celtic languages transferred back from the surname.”
Medieval/Middle English form of a Breton saint’s name, from Old Breton Judicaël “lord” + “generous.” The second element is from hael (“generous, bountiful”) and identical to Welsh hael (“generous”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jewell?
#7,649 among girls’ names, 2025
Jewell fell from #3,883 in 2015 to #7,649 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 21.8 to 8.7 per million.
1,004 babies in 1920, the peak
Jewell peaked in 1920, when 1,004 babies were given it (893 girls, #216 among girls’ names). The 19 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,649 | 5 | #12,868 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,209 | 6 | #11,567 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,241 | 5 | #13,087 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,713 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,822 | 9 | #8,478 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,456 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,515 | 7 | #10,228 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,882 | 8 | #9,189 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,879 | 12 | #6,881 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,955 | 10 | #7,847 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #3,883 | 6 | #11,325 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,293 | 11 | #7,264 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,578 | 9 | #8,420 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,674 | 6 | #11,444 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,186 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,658 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,642 | 5 | #13,358 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,097 | 7 | #10,399 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,727 | 12 | #6,839 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,830 | 5 | #12,915 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,881 | 12 | #6,394 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,491 | 10 | #7,230 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,150 | 5 | #11,731 |
| 2002 | 71 | #2,291 | 8 | #8,008 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,103 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,061 | 9 | #7,075 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,656 | 12 | #5,470 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,806 | 12 | #5,283 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,949 | 8 | #6,897 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,110 | 6 | #8,396 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,841 | 14 | #4,384 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,554 | 10 | #5,646 |
| 1993 | 48 | #2,578 | 14 | #4,336 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,653 | 9 | #5,863 |
| 1991 | 38 | #3,003 | 15 | #3,898 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,759 | 15 | #3,860 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,199 | 13 | #4,144 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,715 | 12 | #4,030 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,803 | 15 | #3,266 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,750 | 6 | #6,286 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,234 | 9 | #4,485 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,398 | 8 | #4,749 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,083 | 15 | #2,990 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,038 | 8 | #4,791 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,238 | 14 | #3,125 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,111 | 11 | #3,721 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,165 | 9 | #4,219 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,024 | 11 | #3,497 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,038 | 18 | #2,508 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,979 | 17 | #2,554 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,536 | 17 | #2,492 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,743 | 16 | #2,505 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,694 | 17 | #2,354 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,529 | 18 | #2,201 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,630 | 14 | #2,623 |
| 1970 | 73 | #1,425 | 22 | #1,908 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,341 | 21 | #1,834 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,410 | 17 | #1,988 |
| 1967 | 92 | #1,090 | 20 | #1,786 |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,264 | 25 | #1,555 |
| 1965 | 115 | #954 | 16 | #2,033 |
| 1964 | 119 | #973 | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1963 | 106 | #1,045 | 25 | #1,607 |
| 1962 | 126 | #947 | 24 | #1,646 |
| 1961 | 147 | #882 | 28 | #1,537 |
| 1960 | 143 | #867 | 17 | #2,008 |
| 1959 | 132 | #910 | 31 | #1,422 |
| 1958 | 128 | #908 | 20 | #1,800 |
| 1957 | 155 | #813 | 42 | #1,205 |
| 1956 | 161 | #774 | 48 | #1,096 |
| 1955 | 172 | #722 | 47 | #1,093 |
| 1954 | 152 | #757 | 44 | #1,126 |
| 1953 | 188 | #659 | 41 | #1,158 |
| 1952 | 176 | #667 | 39 | #1,187 |
| 1951 | 224 | #571 | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1950 | 219 | #563 | 40 | #1,131 |
| 1949 | 260 | #502 | 47 | #1,015 |
| 1948 | 275 | #485 | 52 | #969 |
| 1947 | 273 | #497 | 47 | #1,056 |
| 1946 | 301 | #445 | 51 | #939 |
| 1945 | 268 | #437 | 59 | #813 |
| 1944 | 307 | #412 | 59 | #820 |
| 1943 | 370 | #374 | 67 | #806 |
| 1942 | 390 | #353 | 57 | #870 |
| 1941 | 348 | #356 | 66 | #767 |
| 1940 | 309 | #375 | 55 | #854 |
| 1939 | 294 | #385 | 65 | #750 |
| 1938 | 342 | #348 | 53 | #856 |
| 1937 | 325 | #357 | 57 | #814 |
| 1936 | 328 | #348 | 78 | #670 |
| 1935 | 390 | #318 | 59 | #807 |
| 1934 | 423 | #305 | 78 | #693 |
| 1933 | 467 | #278 | 75 | #688 |
| 1932 | 467 | #289 | 76 | #713 |
| 1931 | 448 | #301 | 94 | #613 |
| 1930 | 539 | #277 | 75 | #733 |
| 1929 | 560 | #270 | 93 | #636 |
| 1928 | 652 | #247 | 88 | #673 |
| 1927 | 735 | #238 | 104 | #613 |
| 1926 | 718 | #245 | 87 | #680 |
| 1925 | 810 | #231 | 125 | #552 |
| 1924 | 830 | #228 | 114 | #595 |
| 1923 | 802 | #229 | 139 | #516 |
| 1922 | 830 | #226 | 135 | #541 |
| 1921 | 857 | #219 | 116 | #589 |
| 1920 | 893 | #216 | 111 | #595 |
| 1919 | 817 | #218 | 110 | #573 |
| 1918 | 821 | #220 | 119 | #550 |
| 1917 | 746 | #225 | 107 | #573 |
| 1916 | 699 | #231 | 94 | #601 |
| 1915 | 692 | #226 | 103 | #555 |
| 1914 | 570 | #220 | 77 | #571 |
| 1913 | 482 | #216 | 66 | #533 |
| 1912 | 456 | #209 | 80 | #435 |
| 1911 | 338 | #210 | 40 | #465 |
| 1910 | 362 | #188 | 31 | #505 |
| 1909 | 304 | #192 | 24 | #538 |
| 1908 | 288 | #192 | 17 | #643 |
| 1907 | 284 | #191 | 27 | #452 |
| 1906 | 255 | #192 | 26 | #435 |
| 1905 | 253 | #192 | 19 | #537 |
| 1904 | 202 | #215 | 24 | #439 |
| 1903 | 197 | #217 | 19 | #494 |
| 1902 | 201 | #208 | 19 | #496 |
| 1901 | 159 | #231 | 14 | #546 |
| 1900 | 178 | #238 | 15 | #663 |
| 1899 | 141 | #232 | 11 | #639 |
| 1898 | 137 | #255 | 15 | #553 |
| 1897 | 87 | #311 | 13 | #596 |
| 1896 | 76 | #335 | 15 | #544 |
| 1895 | 77 | #325 | 11 | #656 |
| 1894 | 62 | #352 | 6 | #1,017 |
| 1893 | 50 | #383 | 6 | #968 |
| 1892 | 49 | #381 | 10 | #715 |
| 1891 | 37 | #410 | 6 | #906 |
| 1890 | 26 | #512 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 26 | #493 | 7 | #845 |
| 1888 | 27 | #481 | 7 | #870 |
| 1887 | 8 | #899 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 15 | #589 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 9 | #771 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 6 | #973 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 8 | #700 | |
| 1882 | 5 | #970 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 8 | #652 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jewell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 34,126 Americans recorded as Jewell, 86% are girls and 14% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jewell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jewell, and how old are they?
8,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 34,126 Americans ever recorded as Jewell. The median Jewell alive today is 68 years old; half are between 40 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 9,252 people named Jewell (8,004 women and girls, 1,248 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,082 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,140 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 912 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,140 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 437 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jewell born?
The states with the most babies named Jewell are Kentucky, Georgia and Texas, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 2,671 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Georgia | 2,467 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Texas | 2,322 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 2,312 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Missouri | 1,905 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Arkansas | 1,882 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Alabama | 1,752 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Oklahoma | 1,600 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| North Carolina | 1,016 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 808 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Jewell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jewell is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jewell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 80,854 babies since 1880, Jewell is the second most given (42% of them). In 2025 it was given to 19 of their 169 babies (11%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jewell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jewell and names like it
- Compare Jewell and JewelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sJewell peaked in 1920.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jewell since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Jewell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jewell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.