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
1977 · 55,631 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #2, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

See more about Jason
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 2019

girls
#9,736
10 births · 1 in 167,837 girls
boys
#103
3,579 births · 1 in 501 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #9,736Jason10

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #103Jason3,579
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 167,837 of them was named Jason, which outranked 46.0% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jason
  1. #9,112Zolah11
  2. #9,112Zowie11
  3. #9,112Zuly11
  4. #9,736Jason10
  5. #9,736Aala10
  6. #9,736Aalyiah10
  7. #9,736Aashritha10
  8. #10,473Aadhyasri9
  9. #10,473Aaima9
  10. #10,473Aakriti9

Tied with 736 names at #9,736; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. 1,081Amoura#2,059#978
  2. 553Theodora#1,406#853
  3. 456Navy#1,269#813
  4. 415Emani#1,371#956
  5. 403Yaritza#1,216#813
Fallers
  1. 451Emmarie#990#1,441
  2. 368Saniyah#934#1,302
  3. 252Tatiana#692#944
  4. 229Zhavia#879#1,108
  5. 219Jayden#979#1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 501 of them was named Jason, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jason
  1. #100Kai3,744
  2. #101Brayden3,690
  3. #102Bryson3,636
  4. #103Jason3,579
  5. #104Weston3,574
  6. #105Silas3,566
  7. #106Sawyer3,559
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. 5,830Sekani#6,703#873
  2. 5,230Ermias#5,770#540
  3. 654Amias#1,478#824
  4. 623Kyro#1,343#720
  5. 512Aziel#1,465#953
Fallers
  1. 376Jaxtyn#776#1,152
  2. 252Brysen#860#1,112
  3. 220Coen#814#1,034
  4. 219Chad#899#1,118
  5. 219Imran#933#1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019