Jewel

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Jewel is an English given name often given in reference to the English vocabulary word meaning gemstone. The word jewel comes from the Old French word jouel, meaning toy or delight, and was ultimately derived from the Latin term jocus.

From Wikipedia

Jewel first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1998 with 48 babies (rank #515 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls (rank #1,766). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jewel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jewel yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

840
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
48
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19917#1,996
19928#1,823
199310#1,546
19946#2,102
199512#1,412
199610#1,604
199722#896
199848#515
199942#563
200047#516
200140#593
200235#676
200341#609
200430#765
200531#776
200631#810
200736#737
200834#793
200927#955
201023#1,113
201124#1,044
201234#808
201333#820
201425#1,043
201524#1,047
201620#1,237
201720#1,235
201827#975
201925#1,040
202015#1,514
202118#1,350
202216#1,438
20236#3,184
202413#1,766