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
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 55,631 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 53 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,052,030since 1880
Jason 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 | — | #165 | 2,224 | |
| 2024 | — | #148 | 2,455 | |
| 2023 | — | #147 | 2,465 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #146 | 2,609 |
| 2021 | — | #129 | 2,875 | |
| 2020 | — | #119 | 3,105 | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #103 | 3,579 |
| 2018 | — | #99 | 3,880 | |
| 2017 | — | #92 | 4,256 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #84 | 4,886 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #86 | 5,025 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #75 | 5,568 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #79 | 5,519 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #76 | 5,759 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #71 | 5,854 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #69 | 6,279 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #66 | 6,927 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #60 | 7,662 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #59 | 8,120 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #55 | 8,456 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #51 | 8,614 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | #47 | 9,063 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #42 | 9,822 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #42 | 9,956 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #41 | 10,164 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #39 | 9,778 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #40 | 9,366 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #40 | 9,399 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #41 | 8,746 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | #41 | 8,695 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | #41 | 9,004 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | #46 | 8,552 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #45 | 8,639 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #46 | 9,249 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #49 | 9,387 |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | #46 | 10,694 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | #35 | 12,614 |
| 1988 | #1,491 | 91 | #27 | 15,917 |
| 1987 | #1,267 | 111 | #23 | 19,350 |
| 1986 | #967 | 163 | #18 | 22,415 |
| 1985 | #872 | 184 | #14 | 26,039 |
| 1984 | #782 | 205 | #11 | 29,953 |
| 1983 | #692 | 245 | #7 | 35,113 |
| 1982 | #651 | 274 | #4 | 40,628 |
| 1981 | #706 | 239 | #4 | 41,927 |
| 1980 | #601 | 308 | #3 | 48,164 |
| 1979 | #594 | 303 | #3 | 50,369 |
| 1978 | #583 | 294 | #2 | 51,600 |
| 1977 | #561 | 313 | #2 | 55,631 |
| 1976 | #568 | 292 | #2 | 52,643 |
| 1975 | #559 | 303 | #2 | 52,159 |
| 1974 | #595 | 266 | #2 | 54,756 |
| 1973 | #658 | 226 | #3 | 46,683 |
| 1972 | #698 | 208 | #7 | 37,423 |
| 1971 | #868 | 155 | #8 | 34,173 |
| 1970 | #1,069 | 114 | #13 | 27,272 |
| 1969 | #1,162 | 92 | #25 | 16,488 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #47 | 7,143 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 | #54 | 5,336 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #89 | 3,770 |
| 1965 | — | #111 | 2,887 | |
| 1964 | — | #155 | 2,104 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #197 | 1,503 |
| 1962 | — | #213 | 1,298 | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #242 | 1,058 |
| 1960 | — | #259 | 940 | |
| 1959 | — | #292 | 720 | |
| 1958 | — | #311 | 596 | |
| 1957 | — | #367 | 440 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #353 | 437 |
| 1955 | — | #365 | 397 | |
| 1954 | — | #411 | 306 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #420 | 275 |
| 1952 | — | #469 | 218 | |
| 1951 | — | #493 | 189 | |
| 1950 | — | #466 | 205 | |
| 1949 | — | #454 | 217 | |
| 1948 | — | #492 | 179 | |
| 1947 | — | #590 | 133 | |
| 1946 | — | #592 | 117 | |
| 1945 | — | #558 | 115 | |
| 1944 | — | #569 | 116 | |
| 1943 | — | #536 | 137 | |
| 1942 | — | #566 | 118 | |
| 1941 | — | #678 | 81 | |
| 1940 | — | #616 | 93 | |
| 1939 | — | #707 | 71 | |
| 1938 | — | #620 | 92 | |
| 1937 | — | #661 | 81 | |
| 1936 | — | #586 | 97 | |
| 1935 | — | #652 | 83 | |
| 1934 | — | #630 | 91 | |
| 1933 | — | #642 | 81 | |
| 1932 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1931 | — | #656 | 83 | |
| 1930 | — | #582 | 106 | |
| 1929 | — | #534 | 119 | |
| 1928 | — | #676 | 87 | |
| 1927 | — | #643 | 97 | |
| 1926 | — | #622 | 101 | |
| 1925 | — | #600 | 110 | |
| 1924 | — | #622 | 105 | |
| 1923 | — | #638 | 101 | |
| 1922 | — | #657 | 95 | |
| 1921 | — | #656 | 97 | |
| 1920 | — | #754 | 76 | |
| 1919 | — | #690 | 81 | |
| 1918 | — | #608 | 102 | |
| 1917 | — | #617 | 92 | |
| 1916 | — | #641 | 83 | |
| 1915 | — | #657 | 78 | |
| 1914 | — | #658 | 59 | |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #649 | 42 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #582 | 24 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #399 | 23 | |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #352 | 25 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #381 | 20 | |
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.
See more about Jason
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1977 at #2 (55,631 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: 13 yrs · run 1971–1983
- Top 100: 53 yrs · run 1966–2018
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1900–2025
- 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
- 44.0% of all boys named Jason (462,709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 190 | #348 (1881) | #412 |
| 1890s | 142 | #376 (1894) | #599 |
| 1900s | 124 | #583 (1902) | #709 |
| 1910s | 630 | #582 (1910) | #639 |
| 1920s | 988 | #534 (1929) | #640 |
| 1930s | 880 | #582 (1930) | #634 |
| 1940s | 1,306 | #454 (1949) | #565 |
| 1950s | 3,783 | #292 (1959) | #395 |
| 1960s | 42,527 | #25 (1969) | #139 |
| 1970s | 462,709 | #2 (1977) | #4 |
| 1980s | 292,120 | #3 (1980) | #15 |
| 1990s | 91,731 | #40 (1998) | #44 |
| 2000s | 88,562 | #39 (2000) | #50 |
| 2010s | 50,605 | #69 (2010) | #83 |
| 2020s | 15,733 | #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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 177,760 of them was named Jason, which outranked 47.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,790Zyliah11
- #9,790Zynique11
- #9,790Zyona11
- #10,451Jason10
- #10,451Aaliyan10
- #10,451Aalliyah10
- #10,451Aamna10
- #11,246Aaisha9
- #11,246Aala9
- #11,246Aalaysia9
Tied with 794 names at #10,451; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 306 of them was named Jason, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.