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Jewel

Gender
Girl
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,512 for girls

Jewel is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,512th for girls in the US (141 babies).

What does Jewel mean?

English

A female given name from English from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Jewel a girl's or a boy's name?

Jewel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 141 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Jewel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,344th among girls
Babies in 2025
12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Jewel, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jewel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 60% of the babies named Jewel in the UK in 2005, and 84% in 2023.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 26 in 20112025
Jewel in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
202412#2,323
202316#1,873
202217#1,794
202112#2,325
20207#3,274
20197#3,340
201816#1,904
201720#1,647
201611#2,510
201514#2,085
201417#1,810
201317#1,798
201216#1,914
201126#1,303
201013#2,103
20095#4,141
200810#2,454
200712#2,083
20064#4,357
20059#2,360
20045#3,356
20036#2,877
20025#3,047
20017#2,341
20003#4,074
19993#4,041
19980–
19970–
19964#3,289

How popular is Jewel in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,512th among girls
Babies in 2025
141 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 141 girls in the US were named Jewel, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,011th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 826 girls. 9 boys were also named Jewel in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jewel than any year since 1988.

Half of all the girls named Jewel in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 155 girls in the US were given Jewel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,258, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 826 in 19202025
Jewel in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025141#1,512
2024160#1,398
2023187#1,241
2022226#1,104
2021195#1,215
2020249#1,011
2019268#971
2018315#860
2017333#819
2016299#919
2015314#881
2014316#868
2013286#898
2012332#808
2011274#940
2010282#919
2009285#938
2008309#898
2007365#791
2006321#836
2005310#826
2004337#768
2003351#727
2002370#680
2001417#602
2000419#603
1999454#555
1998491#515
1997330#665
1996168#1,096
1995154#1,136
1994145#1,206
1993144#1,200
1992159#1,114
1991179#1,028
1990147#1,164
1989157#1,073
1988123#1,216
1987143#1,070
1986120#1,177
1985109#1,249
1984106#1,225
1983125#1,096
1982124#1,131
1981129#1,082
1980110#1,197
1979106#1,226
197887#1,358
197799#1,225
197698#1,167
197587#1,278
1974102#1,133
1973107#1,074
1972128#949
1971111#1,084
1970120#1,026
1969114#1,019
1968146#842
1967130#897
1966157#785
1965187#728
1964225#682
1963211#699
1962193#743
1961234#677
1960226#677
1959231#659
1958230#654
1957238#630
1956269#573
1955265#554
1954278#531
1953260#535
1952307#478
1951291#481
1950296#470
1949302#460
1948349#426
1947398#406
1946325#429
1945358#372
1944364#368
1943399#359
1942419#339
1941404#327
1940322#366
1939392#311
1938368#329
1937415#304
1936422#297
1935477#279
1934494#276
1933509#274
1932562#264
1931547#263
1930688#232
1929690#228
1928743#230
1927775#232
1926787#225
1925812#229
1924823#229
1923729#240
1922810#227
1921784#232
1920826#228
1919778#224
1918747#232
1917642#245
1916726#224
1915652#237
1914515#236
1913392#244
1912416#221
1911327#216
1910318#202
1909252#224
1908244#220
1907250#206
1906227#204
1905201#220
1904229#198
1903197#216
1902153#252
1901161#226
1900162#255
1899105#284
1898130#264
189787#310
189658#373
189561#357
189474#324
189342#414
189239#428
189131#457
189033#446
188927#475
188817#612
188723#464
188620#491
18859#745
18846#930
18839#651
188210#596
18816#740
18805#836

Names like Jewel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hazel, Ruby, Mabel, Frankie, Gracie, Daisy, Violet, Evelyn, Olive, Hallie, Elsie, Nellie

Other spellings of Jewel

Jewell

Names related to Jewel

Jewelia, Jewelle

More English names

Lily, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie, Grayson

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jewel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jewel, updated 20 October 2026.