Jason

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #165 for boys in 2025, 2,224 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2
1977 · 55,631 births
Debut · boys
1880
20 births
In top 100 · boys
53 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,052,030
since 1880

Jason over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #2, 1977boys
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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—#1652,224
2024—#1482,455
2023—#1472,465
2022#15,3065#1462,609
2021—#1292,875
2020—#1193,105
2019#9,73610#1033,579
2018—#993,880
2017—#924,256
2016#12,8767#844,886
2015#13,0067#865,025
2014#14,5586#755,568
2013#13,1507#795,519
2012#13,4837#765,759
2011#11,1819#715,854
2010#10,45110#696,279
2009#9,97511#666,927
2008#8,96513#607,662
2007#10,12911#598,120
2006#12,4208#558,456
2005#13,0107#518,614
2004#4,17233#479,063
2003#5,09224#429,822
2002#5,67320#429,956
2001#5,17422#4110,164
2000#4,79124#399,778
1999#5,66118#409,366
1998#4,79622#409,399
1997#5,62617#418,746
1996#4,05926#418,695
1995#3,67029#419,004
1994#3,23435#468,552
1993#4,99819#458,639
1992#4,52822#469,249
1991#3,30133#499,387
1990#2,73742#4610,694
1989#2,61843#3512,614
1988#1,49191#2715,917
1987#1,267111#2319,350
1986#967163#1822,415
1985#872184#1426,039
1984#782205#1129,953
1983#692245#735,113
1982#651274#440,628
1981#706239#441,927
1980#601308#348,164
1979#594303#350,369
1978#583294#251,600
1977#561313#255,631
1976#568292#252,643
1975#559303#252,159
1974#595266#254,756
1973#658226#346,683
1972#698208#737,423
1971#868155#834,173
1970#1,069114#1327,272
1969#1,16292#2516,488
1968#2,24629#477,143
1967#2,70621#545,336
1966#3,04017#893,770
1965—#1112,887
1964—#1552,104
1963#4,8968#1971,503
1962—#2131,298
1961#4,23910#2421,058
1960—#259940
1959—#292720
1958—#311596
1957—#367440
1956#5,9525#353437
1955—#365397
1954—#411306
1953#5,6735#420275
1952—#469218
1951—#493189
1950—#466205
1949—#454217
1948—#492179
1947—#590133
1946—#592117
1945—#558115
1944—#569116
1943—#536137
1942—#566118
1941—#67881
1940—#61693
1939—#70771
1938—#62092
1937—#66181
1936—#58697
1935—#65283
1934—#63091
1933—#64281
1932—#60795
1931—#65683
1930—#582106
1929—#534119
1928—#67687
1927—#64397
1926—#622101
1925—#600110
1924—#622105
1923—#638101
1922—#65795
1921—#65697
1920—#75476
1919—#69081
1918—#608102
1917—#61792
1916—#64183
1915—#65778
1914—#65859
1913—#68144
1912—#64942
1911—#60525
1910—#58224
1909—#71415
1908—#87710
1907—#9309
1906—#61315
1905—#69912
1904—#72311
1903—#61913
1902—#58314
1901—#68310
1900—#64915
1899—#1,0515
1898—#48518
1897—#61512
1896—#7789
1895—#39923
1894—#37624
1893—#7688
1892—#49716
1891—#45615
1890—#56612
1889—#43418
1888—#40421
1887—#46114
1886—#38321
1885—#46216
1884—#35225
1883—#49713
1882—#39920
1881—#34822
1880—#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jason was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#148 → #165)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#119 → #165)
  • 79 spots since 2015 (#86 → #165)
  • Biggest jump: 402 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #649)
  • Biggest drop: 566 spots in 1899 (#485 → #1,051)
Rise & fade · boys
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1977 at #2 (55,631 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: 13 yrs · run 1971–1983
  • Top 100: 53 yrs · run 1966–2018
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1900–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29
  • Highest: 1 in 29 boys born in 1974 were named Jason (3.5%)
  • Latest: 1 in 768 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
  • Its best rank, #2 in 1977, was only 1 in 30 (3.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 44.0% of all boys named Jason (462,709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s190#348 (1881)#412
1890s142#376 (1894)#599
1900s124#583 (1902)#709
1910s630#582 (1910)#639
1920s988#534 (1929)#640
1930s880#582 (1930)#634
1940s1,306#454 (1949)#565
1950s3,783#292 (1959)#395
1960s42,527#25 (1969)#139
1970s462,709#2 (1977)#4
1980s292,120#3 (1980)#15
1990s91,731#40 (1998)#44
2000s88,562#39 (2000)#50
2010s50,605#69 (2010)#83
2020s15,733#119 (2020)#142

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.

Jason in 1969

girls
#1,162
92 births · 1 in 18,337 girls
boys
#25
16,488 births · 1 in 108 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,162Jason92

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #25Jason16,488
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 18,337 of them was named Jason, which outranked 86.7% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jason
  1. #1,153Roni93
  2. #1,153Sarita93
  3. #1,153Tawanna93
  4. #1,162Jason92
  5. #1,162Annetta92
  6. #1,162Callie92
  7. #1,162Elana92
  8. #1,169Adria91
  9. #1,169Cory91
  10. #1,169Delilah91

Tied with 6 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 108 of them was named Jason, which outranked 99.5% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jason
  1. #22Paul20,690
  2. #23Kenneth17,553
  3. #24Matthew17,462
  4. #25Jason16,488
  5. #26Gregory16,166
  6. #27Stephen15,090
  7. #28Todd14,745
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →