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
2021 · 9,287 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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 2017

girls
#4,922
27 births · 1 in 63,943 girls
boys
#20
10,469 births · 1 in 177 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #4,922Jackson27

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #20Jackson10,469
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 63,943 of them was named Jackson, which outranked 73.3% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jackson
  1. #4,811Zarya28
  2. #4,811Zaynah28
  3. #4,811Zury28
  4. #4,922Jackson27
  5. #4,922Abigaelle27
  6. #4,922Aisling27
  7. #4,922Ajah27
  8. #5,045Aadhira26
  9. #5,045Aamiyah26
  10. #5,045Aberdeen26

Tied with 122 names at #4,922; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 177 of them was named Jackson, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jackson
  1. #17Aiden11,357
  2. #18Joseph10,488
  3. #19Henry10,482
  4. #20Jackson10,469
  5. #21Samuel10,449
  6. #22David10,244
  7. #23Sebastian10,197
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017