Mostly girls · peaked in 1910
Jewell name popularity since 1925
19,003 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jewell (84.6% girls, 15.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1942 or earlier, so the typical Jewell is about 84 years old in 2026. Jewell peaked in 1910 as the #188 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,003
- Named Jewell, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1910
- #188 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,651 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 84.6% girls
- 16,080 girls · 2,923 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 7.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Jewell made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jewell births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Jewell peaked earlier, in 1910.
- Steepest fall: Between 1949 and 1954, Jewell's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 6,580 to 1 in 12,800.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jewell's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jewell.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jewell in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,475 | 497 | – |
| 1930s | 4,023 | 710 | #318 |
| 1940s | 3,101 | 560 | #437 |
| 1950s | 1,707 | 390 | #723 |
| 1960s | 1,057 | 214 | #954 |
| 1970s | 512 | 159 | #2,536 |
| 1980s | 443 | 111 | #2,235 |
| 1990s | 625 | 115 | #1,846 |
| 2000s | 664 | 73 | #2,885 |
| 2010s | 378 | 69 | #3,884 |
| 2020–25 | 95 | 25 | #7,651 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.6% of babies named Jewell from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Jewell is most popular
The index compares Jewell's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jewell.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 7.73× | 1,765 |
| Arkansas | 5.81× | 814 |
| Tennessee | 5.27× | 1,512 |
| West Virginia | 3.90× | 467 |
| Alabama | 3.60× | 869 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jewell and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jewell (this page) | 16,080 | 1910 |
| Jewel | 29,132 | 1904 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jewell's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jewell.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jewell (1910).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data