Jowell
Jowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Sir Jeffrey Jowell (living), British barrister Roger Jowell (1942–2011), British statistician and academic Tessa Jowell (1947–2018), British politician
Meaning & Origin of Jowell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Sir Jeffrey Jowell (living), British barrister Roger Jowell (1942–2011), British statistician and academic Tessa Jowell (1947–2018), British politician
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The Story of Jowell
Jowell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1993, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 93 births, good for #1,635 nationwide. About 63% of every Jowell on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jowell ranks #7,346 for baby boys with 9 births, falling sharply (-40%). All told, over 811 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jowell
Jowell is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 811 births in the dataset. Jowell's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #1,635. Use the chart and map above to compare Jowell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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