first name
JEWEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,581 people named Jewel, 46.8% reported their origin as White, 35.2% as Black and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jewel peaked in 1920, when 959 babies got the name.
At least 46,728 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jewel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #301. The largest share of babies named Jewel, 33.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jewel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jewel has been most common in Arkansas (5.5×), Mississippi (4.1×), and Alabama (4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.04×).
36,219 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jewel
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jewel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jewel ranks #29,674 of 156,621, with 847 people. See Jewel as a last name
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