Jewell
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Jewell is a name of Celtic origin, meaning “lord”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Jewell mean?
Celtic
“lord”
A male given name from the Celtic languages transferred back from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jewell a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jewell has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Jewell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Jewell, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1920, with 893 girls. 5 boys were also named Jewell in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Jewell in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 girls in the US were given Jewell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,258, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
- Jewel 141
- Jewell 14
In 2019, 77% of the babies named Jewell in the US were girls.
Jewell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 71 | #2,285 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,832 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 48 | #2,568 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,221 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,024 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,690 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,526 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,625 |
| 1970 | 73 | #1,421 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,406 |
| 1967 | 92 | #1,086 |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,262 |
| 1965 | 115 | #952 |
| 1964 | 119 | #969 |
| 1963 | 106 | #1,043 |
| 1962 | 126 | #945 |
| 1961 | 147 | #879 |
| 1960 | 143 | #865 |
| 1959 | 132 | #908 |
| 1958 | 128 | #905 |
| 1957 | 155 | #811 |
| 1956 | 161 | #771 |
| 1955 | 172 | #721 |
| 1954 | 152 | #753 |
| 1953 | 188 | #657 |
| 1952 | 176 | #667 |
| 1951 | 224 | #570 |
| 1950 | 219 | #561 |
| 1949 | 260 | #502 |
| 1948 | 275 | #484 |
| 1947 | 273 | #497 |
| 1946 | 301 | #445 |
| 1945 | 268 | #437 |
| 1944 | 307 | #410 |
| 1943 | 370 | #373 |
| 1942 | 390 | #352 |
| 1941 | 348 | #355 |
| 1940 | 309 | #373 |
| 1939 | 294 | #384 |
| 1938 | 342 | #348 |
| 1937 | 325 | #356 |
| 1936 | 328 | #348 |
| 1935 | 390 | #318 |
| 1934 | 423 | #305 |
| 1933 | 467 | #278 |
| 1932 | 467 | #289 |
| 1931 | 448 | #301 |
| 1930 | 539 | #277 |
| 1929 | 560 | #270 |
| 1928 | 652 | #247 |
| 1927 | 735 | #238 |
| 1926 | 718 | #245 |
| 1925 | 810 | #231 |
| 1924 | 830 | #228 |
| 1923 | 802 | #229 |
| 1922 | 830 | #226 |
| 1921 | 857 | #219 |
| 1920 | 893 | #216 |
| 1919 | 817 | #218 |
| 1918 | 821 | #220 |
| 1917 | 746 | #225 |
| 1916 | 699 | #231 |
| 1915 | 692 | #226 |
| 1914 | 570 | #219 |
| 1913 | 482 | #216 |
| 1912 | 456 | #209 |
| 1911 | 338 | #210 |
| 1910 | 362 | #188 |
| 1909 | 304 | #192 |
| 1908 | 288 | #192 |
| 1907 | 284 | #191 |
| 1906 | 255 | #192 |
| 1905 | 253 | #191 |
| 1904 | 202 | #215 |
| 1903 | 197 | #216 |
| 1902 | 201 | #208 |
| 1901 | 159 | #231 |
| 1900 | 178 | #238 |
| 1899 | 141 | #231 |
| 1898 | 137 | #255 |
| 1897 | 87 | #310 |
| 1896 | 76 | #334 |
| 1895 | 77 | #325 |
| 1894 | 62 | #351 |
| 1893 | 50 | #383 |
| 1892 | 49 | #381 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 |
| 1890 | 26 | #508 |
| 1889 | 26 | #486 |
| 1888 | 27 | #476 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 9 | #745 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Names like Jewell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hazel, Ruby, Josephine, Alice, Elsie, Esther, Jane, Annie, Lucille, Helen, Jessie, Mabel
Other spellings of Jewell
Names related to Jewell
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jewell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jewell, updated 20 October 2026.