Meaning not yet researched.
Jewel: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 141 in 2025. Its best rank was #198 in 1904.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #198 in 1904; #1,514 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Jewel in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,514 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1904, at #198.
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Jewel: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 141 girls in 2025. Peak: #198 in 1904 · most girls in one year: 826 (1920).
In 2025, 141 US girls were named Jewel, making it the 1,514th most common girls’ name of the year, down 109 places from #1,405 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 160 girls named Jewel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #198, reached in 1904. The most girls given the name in a single year was 826, in 1920. For comparison, it was #881 in 2015 and #471 in 1950.
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Jewel, making it the 8,547th most common boys’ name of the year, up 844 places from #9,391 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 8 boys named Jewel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #410, reached in 1907. The most boys given the name in a single year was 149, in 1926. For comparison, it was #7,746 in 2015 and #1,068 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jewel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 46,728 US babies have been given the name, 89% of them girls and 11% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 9,060 babies named Jewel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,373 US girls were named Jewel; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 333. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,399 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jewel ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #695 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jewell (34,126 babies since 1880), Gemma (26,042 babies since 1880), Precious (19,540 babies since 1880) and Nakita (3,018 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jewelle, Bijou and Gem are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jewelle (300), Bijou (299), Gem (222).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jewel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 15 | #695 | #710 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #767 | #703 |
| Indiana | 6 | #974 | #887 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #1,012 | #1,156 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,041 | #787 |
| Florida | 14 | #1,084 | #681 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,307 | #689 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,499 | #764 |
| California | 15 | #1,530 | #1,098 |
| New York | 6 | #1,932 | #947 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,965 | #842 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | #1,514 | 9 | #8,547 |
| 2024 | 160 | #1,405 | 8 | #9,391 |
| 2023 | 187 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 2022 | 226 | #1,105 | 18 | #5,309 |
| 2021 | 195 | #1,215 | 14 | #6,171 |
| 2020 | 249 | #1,012 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 2019 | 268 | #971 | 16 | #5,677 |
| 2018 | 315 | #861 | 5 | #13,066 |
| 2017 | 333 | #819 | 9 | #8,467 |
| 2016 | 299 | #919 | 14 | #6,179 |
| 2015 | 314 | #881 | 10 | #7,746 |
| 2014 | 316 | #868 | 14 | #6,133 |
| 2013 | 286 | #898 | 9 | #8,424 |
| 2012 | 332 | #809 | 7 | #10,208 |
| 2011 | 274 | #940 | 7 | #10,131 |
| 2010 | 282 | #922 | 9 | #8,430 |
| 2009 | 285 | #939 | 13 | #6,604 |
| 2008 | 309 | #898 | 11 | #7,428 |
| 2007 | 365 | #791 | 12 | #6,842 |
| 2006 | 321 | #837 | 13 | #6,265 |
| 2005 | 310 | #826 | 12 | #6,399 |
| 2004 | 337 | #769 | 13 | #5,958 |
| 2003 | 351 | #729 | 14 | #5,395 |
| 2002 | 370 | #681 | 12 | #5,888 |
| 2001 | 417 | #603 | 14 | #5,260 |
| 2000 | 419 | #604 | 15 | #4,904 |
| 1999 | 454 | #556 | 13 | #5,164 |
| 1998 | 491 | #515 | 13 | #5,010 |
| 1997 | 330 | #665 | 11 | #5,451 |
| 1996 | 168 | #1,099 | 10 | #5,752 |
| 1995 | 154 | #1,141 | 10 | #5,688 |
| 1994 | 145 | #1,212 | 19 | #3,520 |
| 1993 | 144 | #1,207 | 14 | #4,341 |
| 1992 | 159 | #1,117 | 12 | #4,694 |
| 1991 | 179 | #1,032 | 14 | #4,110 |
| 1990 | 147 | #1,172 | 17 | #3,524 |
| 1989 | 157 | #1,078 | 18 | #3,261 |
| 1988 | 123 | #1,220 | 17 | #3,142 |
| 1987 | 143 | #1,072 | 13 | #3,623 |
| 1986 | 120 | #1,183 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,253 | 12 | #3,685 |
| 1984 | 106 | #1,225 | 17 | #2,754 |
| 1983 | 125 | #1,099 | 21 | #2,373 |
| 1982 | 124 | #1,133 | 18 | #2,639 |
| 1981 | 129 | #1,083 | 13 | #3,312 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,199 | 17 | #2,785 |
| 1979 | 106 | #1,228 | 23 | #2,195 |
| 1978 | 87 | #1,360 | 14 | #2,983 |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,228 | 23 | #2,098 |
| 1976 | 98 | #1,168 | 15 | #2,756 |
| 1975 | 87 | #1,284 | 15 | #2,694 |
| 1974 | 102 | #1,139 | 24 | #1,909 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,079 | 14 | #2,652 |
| 1972 | 128 | #951 | 17 | #2,284 |
| 1971 | 111 | #1,088 | 18 | #2,238 |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,031 | 24 | #1,821 |
| 1969 | 114 | #1,021 | 26 | #1,623 |
| 1968 | 146 | #843 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1967 | 130 | #898 | 21 | #1,734 |
| 1966 | 157 | #786 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1965 | 187 | #729 | 24 | #1,611 |
| 1964 | 225 | #684 | 18 | #1,937 |
| 1963 | 211 | #700 | 26 | #1,561 |
| 1962 | 193 | #745 | 17 | #1,999 |
| 1961 | 234 | #678 | 35 | #1,356 |
| 1960 | 226 | #677 | 27 | #1,568 |
| 1959 | 231 | #659 | 28 | #1,514 |
| 1958 | 230 | #655 | 31 | #1,410 |
| 1957 | 238 | #632 | 46 | #1,142 |
| 1956 | 269 | #574 | 36 | #1,290 |
| 1955 | 265 | #556 | 34 | #1,300 |
| 1954 | 278 | #532 | 48 | #1,089 |
| 1953 | 260 | #536 | 39 | #1,203 |
| 1952 | 307 | #479 | 57 | #947 |
| 1951 | 291 | #483 | 53 | #968 |
| 1950 | 296 | #471 | 44 | #1,068 |
| 1949 | 302 | #461 | 51 | #979 |
| 1948 | 349 | #426 | 37 | #1,182 |
| 1947 | 398 | #406 | 48 | #1,043 |
| 1946 | 325 | #429 | 56 | #881 |
| 1945 | 358 | #372 | 42 | #988 |
| 1944 | 364 | #368 | 46 | #958 |
| 1943 | 399 | #360 | 62 | #840 |
| 1942 | 419 | #339 | 70 | #772 |
| 1941 | 404 | #328 | 65 | #772 |
| 1940 | 322 | #367 | 66 | #762 |
| 1939 | 392 | #311 | 84 | #650 |
| 1938 | 368 | #329 | 71 | #725 |
| 1937 | 415 | #304 | 75 | #692 |
| 1936 | 422 | #297 | 79 | #664 |
| 1935 | 477 | #279 | 74 | #706 |
| 1934 | 494 | #276 | 90 | #634 |
| 1933 | 509 | #274 | 94 | #601 |
| 1932 | 562 | #264 | 96 | #601 |
| 1931 | 547 | #263 | 97 | #598 |
| 1930 | 688 | #232 | 111 | #569 |
| 1929 | 690 | #228 | 104 | #594 |
| 1928 | 743 | #230 | 138 | #515 |
| 1927 | 775 | #232 | 131 | #537 |
| 1926 | 787 | #225 | 149 | #491 |
| 1925 | 812 | #230 | 111 | #597 |
| 1924 | 823 | #229 | 128 | #556 |
| 1923 | 729 | #241 | 111 | #602 |
| 1922 | 810 | #228 | 141 | #522 |
| 1921 | 784 | #232 | 135 | #539 |
| 1920 | 826 | #228 | 133 | #531 |
| 1919 | 778 | #224 | 127 | #529 |
| 1918 | 747 | #232 | 124 | #540 |
| 1917 | 642 | #245 | 111 | #559 |
| 1916 | 726 | #224 | 111 | #542 |
| 1915 | 652 | #237 | 108 | #537 |
| 1914 | 515 | #236 | 81 | #551 |
| 1913 | 392 | #244 | 50 | #633 |
| 1912 | 416 | #222 | 49 | #575 |
| 1911 | 327 | #216 | 38 | #476 |
| 1910 | 318 | #202 | 23 | #609 |
| 1909 | 252 | #224 | 25 | #525 |
| 1908 | 244 | #220 | 22 | #547 |
| 1907 | 250 | #206 | 31 | #410 |
| 1906 | 227 | #204 | 21 | #495 |
| 1905 | 201 | #220 | 23 | #472 |
| 1904 | 229 | #198 | 25 | #423 |
| 1903 | 197 | #216 | 14 | #603 |
| 1902 | 153 | #252 | 13 | #627 |
| 1901 | 161 | #228 | 13 | #575 |
| 1900 | 162 | #255 | 22 | #500 |
| 1899 | 105 | #285 | 8 | #823 |
| 1898 | 130 | #265 | 10 | #720 |
| 1897 | 87 | #310 | 7 | #890 |
| 1896 | 58 | #375 | 13 | #609 |
| 1895 | 61 | #359 | 11 | #655 |
| 1894 | 74 | #325 | — | — |
| 1893 | 42 | #417 | 10 | #680 |
| 1892 | 39 | #432 | 10 | #715 |
| 1891 | 31 | #465 | 6 | #906 |
| 1890 | 33 | #453 | — | — |
| 1889 | 27 | #479 | 7 | #844 |
| 1888 | 17 | #621 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1887 | 23 | #466 | 5 | #997 |
| 1886 | 20 | #496 | — | — |
| 1885 | 9 | #770 | — | — |
| 1884 | 6 | #972 | 6 | #912 |
| 1883 | 9 | #668 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #616 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #782 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #878 | 5 | #989 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).