Jackson

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #36 for boys in 2025, 6,582 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#14
2021 · 9,287 births
Debut · boys
1880
46 births
In top 100 · boys
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
297,220
since 1880

Jackson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #14, 2021boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,13315#366,582
2024#5,79921#356,899
2023#6,16919#287,334
2022#5,63822#238,120
2021#6,41418#149,287
2020#6,08319#179,138
2019#5,04126#1710,176
2018#4,66229#1710,424
2017#4,92227#2010,469
2016#5,13026#1711,315
2015#5,45824#1712,299
2014#5,31025#1812,242
2013#7,37216#1612,610
2012#5,89522#2112,498
2011#4,91528#2312,408
2010#5,77123#2511,823
2009#6,31721#2712,123
2008#5,14228#3211,641
2007#4,47533#3311,666
2006#4,68530#3510,896
2005#4,70428#449,580
2004#2,55665#488,977
2003#4,80426#528,713
2002#4,62126#508,153
2001#5,57020#606,836
2000#6,80815#725,903
1999#7,71612#834,993
1998#6,07316#1003,861
1997#9,8028#1243,126
1996#6,72313#1362,645
1995#8,7669#1612,163
1994#13,4305#1661,934
1993#8,7199#1981,539
1992#10,4797#2231,363
1991—#2411,177
1990#11,4096#316794
1989#9,6817#421495
1988#11,7985#458391
1987—#479343
1986#9,5456#509299
1985—#509293
1984—#520269
1983—#509275
1982—#509276
1981—#482300
1980—#503283
1979#10,2105#523261
1978—#581210
1977—#597201
1976—#612178
1975—#692143
1974—#721129
1973#7,4356#694133
1972—#757110
1971#8,3245#785107
1970—#791108
1969—#83385
1968—#717110
1967—#75894
1966—#80582
1965—#732103
1964—#760101
1963—#740109
1962—#746105
1961—#79791
1960—#726112
1959—#710117
1958—#686121
1957—#665130
1956—#686120
1955—#653127
1954—#672115
1953—#624132
1952—#549162
1951—#537159
1950—#521164
1949—#531158
1948—#495178
1947—#492187
1946—#480178
1945—#457168
1944—#456177
1943—#437206
1942—#442196
1941—#437177
1940—#449166
1939—#451162
1938—#463156
1937—#442159
1936—#432167
1935—#433168
1934—#423175
1933—#445155
1932—#434167
1931—#410188
1930—#389216
1929—#414202
1928—#372244
1927—#430199
1926—#386231
1925#4,0287#378249
1924—#405229
1923—#363269
1922—#403225
1921—#385246
1920—#389233
1919—#378235
1918—#402216
1917—#391206
1916—#421177
1915—#405175
1914—#390149
1913—#418107
1912—#40491
1911—#42646
1910—#35951
1909—#39738
1908—#37438
1907—#29452
1906—#36333
1905—#33736
1904—#27349
1903—#32234
1902—#30240
1901—#38324
1900—#26660
1899—#31531
1898—#38526
1897—#27942
1896—#33132
1895—#32632
1894—#30832
1893—#33028
1892—#32932
1891—#29731
1890—#35125
1889—#25142
1888—#29736
1887—#29931
1886—#25843
1885—#31229
1884—#30133
1883—#28234
1882—#23849
1881—#30728
1880—#24446
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jackson was already there! It came in at #244, and was given to 46 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jackson
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#35 → #36)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#17 → #36)
  • 19 spots since 2015 (#17 → #36)
  • Biggest jump: 105 spots in 1990 (#421 → #316)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1901 (#266 → #383)
Rise & fade · boys
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2021 at #14 (9,287 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 150
  • Highest: 1 in 150 boys born in 2013 were named Jackson (0.67%)
  • Latest: 1 in 260 boys born in 2025 (0.39%)
  • Its best rank, #14 in 2021, was only 1 in 188 (0.53%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 39.1% of all boys named Jackson (116,264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s371#238 (1882)#279
1890s311#279 (1897)#325
1900s404#266 (1900)#331
1910s1,453#359 (1910)#399
1920s2,327#363 (1923)#393
1930s1,713#389 (1930)#432
1940s1,791#437 (1943)#468
1950s1,347#521 (1950)#630
1960s992#717 (1968)#761
1970s1,580#523 (1979)#675
1980s3,224#421 (1989)#490
1990s23,595#83 (1999)#175
2000s94,488#27 (2009)#45
2010s116,264#16 (2013)#19
2020s47,360#14 (2021)#26

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jackson in 1994

girls
#13,430
5 births · 1 in 357,151 girls
boys
#166
1,934 births · 1 in 999 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #13,430Jackson5

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #166Jackson1,934
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 357,151 of them was named Jackson, which outranked 14.8% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jackson
  1. #11,778Zhanna6
  2. #11,778Zoha6
  3. #11,778Zowie6
  4. #13,430Jackson5
  5. #13,430Aailyah5
  6. #13,430Aaliayah5
  7. #13,430Aalijah5

Tied with 2,329 names at #13,430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 999 of them was named Jackson, which outranked 98.4% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jackson
  1. #163Andres1,966
  2. #164Nicolas1,953
  3. #165Johnny1,949
  4. #166Jackson1,934
  5. #167Gary1,898
  6. #168Philip1,896
  7. #169Isaiah1,870
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →