Girls' name · since 1991
Jewelya
29 babies named Jewelya in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jewelya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1991.
Social Security Administration records show Jewelya recorded 29 times among girls since 1991, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2004.
- #41,314 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jewelya ranks #41,314 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jewelya's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jewelya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jewelya splits its recorded history at 2000: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jewelya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2004
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Jewelya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Jewelya's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Jewelya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jewelya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jewelya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.