Jewel

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 89% girls / 11% boys

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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 826 babies (rank #228 that year). In 2024 it was given to 159 girls (rank #1,402). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

46,571

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

826

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Jewel

Jewelrecording artist · b. 1974
Jewel Staitefilm actor · b. 1982

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#878
1881	6	#782
1882	10	#616
1883	9	#668
1884	6	#972
1885	9	#770
1886	20	#496
1887	23	#466
1888	17	#621
1889	27	#479
1890	33	#453
1891	31	#465
1892	39	#432
1893	42	#417
1894	74	#325
1895	61	#359
1896	58	#375
1897	87	#310
1898	130	#265
1899	105	#285
1900	162	#255
1901	161	#228
1902	153	#252
1903	197	#216
1904	229	#198
1905	201	#220
1906	227	#204
1907	250	#206
1908	244	#220
1909	252	#224
1910	318	#202
1911	327	#216
1912	416	#222
1913	392	#244
1914	515	#236
1915	652	#237
1916	726	#224
1917	642	#245
1918	747	#232
1919	778	#224
1920	826	#228
1921	784	#232
1922	810	#228
1923	729	#241
1924	823	#229
1925	812	#230
1926	787	#225
1927	775	#232
1928	743	#230
1929	690	#228
1930	688	#232
1931	547	#263
1932	562	#264
1933	509	#274
1934	494	#276
1935	477	#279
1936	422	#297
1937	415	#304
1938	368	#329
1939	392	#311
1940	322	#367
1941	404	#328
1942	419	#339
1943	399	#360
1944	364	#368
1945	358	#372
1946	325	#429
1947	398	#406
1948	349	#426
1949	302	#461
1950	296	#471
1951	291	#483
1952	307	#479
1953	260	#536
1954	278	#532
1955	265	#556
1956	269	#574
1957	237	#636
1958	231	#652
1959	231	#659
1960	226	#677
1961	234	#677
1962	193	#745
1963	211	#700
1964	225	#684
1965	187	#729
1966	157	#786
1967	130	#898
1968	146	#843
1969	114	#1,021
1970	120	#1,031
1971	111	#1,088
1972	128	#952
1973	107	#1,079
1974	101	#1,145
1975	87	#1,286
1976	98	#1,167
1977	99	#1,228
1978	87	#1,360
1979	106	#1,228
1980	110	#1,199
1981	129	#1,083
1982	124	#1,134
1983	125	#1,099
1984	106	#1,225
1985	109	#1,253
1986	120	#1,183
1987	143	#1,073
1988	123	#1,220
1989	157	#1,078
1990	147	#1,172
1991	179	#1,032
1992	159	#1,117
1993	144	#1,207
1994	145	#1,211
1995	154	#1,141
1996	168	#1,099
1997	330	#665
1998	491	#515
1999	454	#556
2000	419	#604
2001	417	#602
2002	370	#681
2003	351	#729
2004	337	#769
2005	310	#826
2006	321	#837
2007	365	#791
2008	309	#898
2009	286	#936
2010	281	#923
2011	274	#940
2012	332	#809
2013	286	#898
2014	316	#868
2015	314	#881
2016	299	#919
2017	333	#819
2018	315	#861
2019	268	#971
2020	248	#1,017
2021	195	#1,215
2022	223	#1,111
2023	187	#1,241
2024	159	#1,402