girls:
1.2k births since 1987
#4549 (20th percentile)
boys:
23 births since 2016
#4563 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1987
#6550 (15th percentile)
The name Jewels is the #6,550 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,190 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 15.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,549 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 1,167 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 2016.
Jewels first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 2016 for boys). Birth data for Jewels is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jewels has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 86.5% of babies named Jewels were girls.
For girls, Jewels reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #908) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jewels ranks #920 for girls (2.9% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jewels reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Jewels ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 69.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jewels".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jewels. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Jewels is pronounced as JUE-uhlz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juelz, at 20.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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