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
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 9,287 births
- Debut · boys
- 46 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 297,220since 1880
Jackson over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #36 | 6,582 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #35 | 6,899 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #28 | 7,334 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | #23 | 8,120 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #14 | 9,287 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #17 | 9,138 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | #17 | 10,176 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | #17 | 10,424 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #20 | 10,469 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #17 | 11,315 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #17 | 12,299 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #18 | 12,242 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #16 | 12,610 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #21 | 12,498 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #23 | 12,408 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #25 | 11,823 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #27 | 12,123 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | #32 | 11,641 |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | #33 | 11,666 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | #35 | 10,896 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #44 | 9,580 |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | #48 | 8,977 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | #52 | 8,713 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | #50 | 8,153 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #60 | 6,836 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #72 | 5,903 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #83 | 4,993 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #100 | 3,861 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #124 | 3,126 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #136 | 2,645 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #161 | 2,163 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #166 | 1,934 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #198 | 1,539 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #223 | 1,363 |
| 1991 | — | #241 | 1,177 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #316 | 794 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #421 | 495 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #458 | 391 |
| 1987 | — | #479 | 343 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #509 | 299 |
| 1985 | — | #509 | 293 | |
| 1984 | — | #520 | 269 | |
| 1983 | — | #509 | 275 | |
| 1982 | — | #509 | 276 | |
| 1981 | — | #482 | 300 | |
| 1980 | — | #503 | 283 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #523 | 261 |
| 1978 | — | #581 | 210 | |
| 1977 | — | #597 | 201 | |
| 1976 | — | #612 | 178 | |
| 1975 | — | #692 | 143 | |
| 1974 | — | #721 | 129 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #694 | 133 |
| 1972 | — | #757 | 110 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #785 | 107 |
| 1970 | — | #791 | 108 | |
| 1969 | — | #833 | 85 | |
| 1968 | — | #717 | 110 | |
| 1967 | — | #758 | 94 | |
| 1966 | — | #805 | 82 | |
| 1965 | — | #732 | 103 | |
| 1964 | — | #760 | 101 | |
| 1963 | — | #740 | 109 | |
| 1962 | — | #746 | 105 | |
| 1961 | — | #797 | 91 | |
| 1960 | — | #726 | 112 | |
| 1959 | — | #710 | 117 | |
| 1958 | — | #686 | 121 | |
| 1957 | — | #665 | 130 | |
| 1956 | — | #686 | 120 | |
| 1955 | — | #653 | 127 | |
| 1954 | — | #672 | 115 | |
| 1953 | — | #624 | 132 | |
| 1952 | — | #549 | 162 | |
| 1951 | — | #537 | 159 | |
| 1950 | — | #521 | 164 | |
| 1949 | — | #531 | 158 | |
| 1948 | — | #495 | 178 | |
| 1947 | — | #492 | 187 | |
| 1946 | — | #480 | 178 | |
| 1945 | — | #457 | 168 | |
| 1944 | — | #456 | 177 | |
| 1943 | — | #437 | 206 | |
| 1942 | — | #442 | 196 | |
| 1941 | — | #437 | 177 | |
| 1940 | — | #449 | 166 | |
| 1939 | — | #451 | 162 | |
| 1938 | — | #463 | 156 | |
| 1937 | — | #442 | 159 | |
| 1936 | — | #432 | 167 | |
| 1935 | — | #433 | 168 | |
| 1934 | — | #423 | 175 | |
| 1933 | — | #445 | 155 | |
| 1932 | — | #434 | 167 | |
| 1931 | — | #410 | 188 | |
| 1930 | — | #389 | 216 | |
| 1929 | — | #414 | 202 | |
| 1928 | — | #372 | 244 | |
| 1927 | — | #430 | 199 | |
| 1926 | — | #386 | 231 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #378 | 249 |
| 1924 | — | #405 | 229 | |
| 1923 | — | #363 | 269 | |
| 1922 | — | #403 | 225 | |
| 1921 | — | #385 | 246 | |
| 1920 | — | #389 | 233 | |
| 1919 | — | #378 | 235 | |
| 1918 | — | #402 | 216 | |
| 1917 | — | #391 | 206 | |
| 1916 | — | #421 | 177 | |
| 1915 | — | #405 | 175 | |
| 1914 | — | #390 | 149 | |
| 1913 | — | #418 | 107 | |
| 1912 | — | #404 | 91 | |
| 1911 | — | #426 | 46 | |
| 1910 | — | #359 | 51 | |
| 1909 | — | #397 | 38 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #273 | 49 | |
| 1903 | — | #322 | 34 | |
| 1902 | — | #302 | 40 | |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #266 | 60 | |
| 1899 | — | #315 | 31 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1896 | — | #331 | 32 | |
| 1895 | — | #326 | 32 | |
| 1894 | — | #308 | 32 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #329 | 32 | |
| 1891 | — | #297 | 31 | |
| 1890 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #297 | 36 | |
| 1887 | — | #299 | 31 | |
| 1886 | — | #258 | 43 | |
| 1885 | — | #312 | 29 | |
| 1884 | — | #301 | 33 | |
| 1883 | — | #282 | 34 | |
| 1882 | — | #238 | 49 | |
| 1881 | — | #307 | 28 | |
| 1880 | — | #244 | 46 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2021 at #14 (9,287 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 39.1% of all boys named Jackson (116,264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 371 | #238 (1882) | #279 |
| 1890s | 311 | #279 (1897) | #325 |
| 1900s | 404 | #266 (1900) | #331 |
| 1910s | 1,453 | #359 (1910) | #399 |
| 1920s | 2,327 | #363 (1923) | #393 |
| 1930s | 1,713 | #389 (1930) | #432 |
| 1940s | 1,791 | #437 (1943) | #468 |
| 1950s | 1,347 | #521 (1950) | #630 |
| 1960s | 992 | #717 (1968) | #761 |
| 1970s | 1,580 | #523 (1979) | #675 |
| 1980s | 3,224 | #421 (1989) | #490 |
| 1990s | 23,595 | #83 (1999) | #175 |
| 2000s | 94,488 | #27 (2009) | #45 |
| 2010s | 116,264 | #16 (2013) | #19 |
| 2020s | 47,360 | #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 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 195,394 of them was named Jackson, which outranked 44.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,079Zissy10
- #8,079Zita10
- #8,079Zoee10
- #8,766Jackson9
- #8,766Aaisha9
- #8,766Aarti9
- #8,766Abbygayle9
- #9,553Aaleyah8
- #9,553Aaliayah8
- #9,553Aaminah8
Tied with 786 names at #8,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 880 of them was named Jackson, which outranked 98.4% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.