girls:
5 births since 1966
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
783 births since 1993
#3804 (17th percentile)
overall:
788 births since 1966
#6951 (10th percentile)
The name Jowell is the #6,951 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 788 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 10.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,804 (17.0% percentile) for all time with 783 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1966.
Jowell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Jowell is available in 21 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Jowell has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1966 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1993 to 2023).
For boys, Jowell reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #793) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 46 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jowell ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jowell reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #741) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jowell".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jowell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Jowell is pronounced as JOH-ehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is johl, at 14.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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