Meaning not yet researched.
Jackson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,582 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 2021; #36 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Jackson in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#36 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #14.
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Jackson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,582 boys in 2025. Peak: #14 in 2021 · most boys in one year: 12,610 (2013).
In 2025, 6,582 US boys were named Jackson, making it the 36th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #35 in 2024. That is 317 fewer than the 6,899 boys named Jackson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #14, reached in 2021. The most boys given the name in a single year was 12,610, in 2013. For comparison, it was #17 in 2015 and #524 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jackson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 46 babies with the name. In all, 297,998 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 116,510 babies named Jackson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 89,744 US boys were named Jackson; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 11,315. In 2025 that was about 1 in 260 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jackson ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #16 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 49 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Jaxon (114,055 babies since 1880) and Jaxson (68,669 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jakson, Jacksen and Jacksyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jack.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jakson (900), Jacksen (620), Jacksyn (351), Jacson (213), Jaksen (72), Jacsen (33), Jaksyn (25), Jacksin (10), Jakkson (5), Jacxon (5), Jaqson (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 136 | #16 | #7 |
| West Virginia | 52 | #17 | #12 |
| New Hampshire | 46 | #17 | #1 |
| Michigan | 231 | #17 | #8 |
| Arkansas | 79 | #19 | #10 |
| Tennessee | 208 | #22 | #6 |
| Vermont | 14 | #22 | #3 |
| Indiana | 178 | #22 | #7 |
| Oregon | 97 | #22 | #12 |
| Wisconsin | 133 | #22 | #7 |
| Maryland | 132 | #22 | #24 |
| Kentucky | 127 | #22 | #6 |
| South Dakota | 27 | #23 | #4 |
| Ohio | 287 | #23 | #6 |
| North Carolina | 275 | #23 | #7 |
| Georgia | 235 | #23 | #8 |
| Pennsylvania | 302 | #24 | #12 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #24 | #23 |
| Colorado | 156 | #25 | #3 |
| Virginia | 194 | #26 | #6 |
| Utah | 103 | #27 | #21 |
| Missouri | 153 | #27 | #5 |
| Iowa | 74 | #28 | #10 |
| Alaska | 18 | #29 | #13 |
| South Carolina | 106 | #29 | #8 |
| Massachusetts | 153 | #29 | #21 |
| Oklahoma | 90 | #30 | #9 |
| Idaho | 50 | #33 | #9 |
| Minnesota | 115 | #33 | #8 |
| Maine | 29 | #34 | #6 |
| Mississippi | 53 | #35 | #15 |
| Illinois | 225 | #37 | #20 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #39 | #24 |
| Kansas | 70 | #39 | #16 |
| Montana | 23 | #44 | #15 |
| Nebraska | 41 | #46 | #30 |
| Connecticut | 65 | #47 | #23 |
| Florida | 379 | #48 | #27 |
| Washington | 128 | #48 | #16 |
| New York | 297 | #55 | #30 |
| Arizona | 117 | #58 | #28 |
| Nevada | 45 | #59 | #33 |
| Louisiana | 65 | #62 | #20 |
| California | 536 | #67 | #43 |
| New Jersey | 126 | #68 | #30 |
| North Dakota | 16 | #68 | #18 |
| Delaware | 14 | #72 | #4 |
| Texas | 512 | #76 | #42 |
| New Mexico | 20 | #94 | #57 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,271 | 6,582 | #36 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,870 | 6,899 | #35 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,267 | 7,334 | #28 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,708 | 8,120 | #23 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,514 | 9,287 | #14 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,174 | 9,138 | #17 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,087 | 10,176 | #17 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,704 | 10,424 | #17 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,978 | 10,469 | #20 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,197 | 11,315 | #17 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,539 | 12,299 | #17 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,371 | 12,242 | #18 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,534 | 12,610 | #16 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,990 | 12,498 | #21 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,975 | 12,408 | #23 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,860 | 11,823 | #25 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,401 | 12,123 | #27 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,194 | 11,641 | #32 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,508 | 11,666 | #33 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,724 | 10,896 | #35 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,758 | 9,580 | #44 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,570 | 8,977 | #48 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,859 | 8,713 | #52 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,682 | 8,153 | #50 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,668 | 6,836 | #60 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,945 | 5,903 | #72 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,904 | 4,993 | #83 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,173 | 3,861 | #100 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,171 | 3,126 | #124 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,883 | 2,645 | #136 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,040 | 2,163 | #161 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,254 | 1,934 | #166 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,007 | 1,539 | #198 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,906 | 1,363 | #223 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,177 | #241 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,927 | 794 | #317 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,107 | 495 | #421 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,501 | 391 | #458 |
| 1987 | — | — | 343 | #479 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,000 | 299 | #510 |
| 1985 | — | — | 293 | #510 |
| 1984 | — | — | 269 | #520 |
| 1983 | — | — | 275 | #510 |
| 1982 | — | — | 276 | #510 |
| 1981 | — | — | 300 | #482 |
| 1980 | — | — | 283 | #504 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,785 | 261 | #523 |
| 1978 | — | — | 210 | #582 |
| 1977 | — | — | 201 | #597 |
| 1976 | — | — | 178 | #613 |
| 1975 | — | — | 143 | #694 |
| 1974 | — | — | 129 | #721 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,784 | 133 | #695 |
| 1972 | — | — | 110 | #758 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,800 | 107 | #785 |
| 1970 | — | — | 108 | #792 |
| 1969 | — | — | 85 | #834 |
| 1968 | — | — | 110 | #718 |
| 1967 | — | — | 94 | #760 |
| 1966 | — | — | 82 | #807 |
| 1965 | — | — | 103 | #732 |
| 1964 | — | — | 101 | #762 |
| 1963 | — | — | 109 | #742 |
| 1962 | — | — | 105 | #746 |
| 1961 | — | — | 91 | #801 |
| 1960 | — | — | 112 | #729 |
| 1959 | — | — | 117 | #711 |
| 1958 | — | — | 121 | #686 |
| 1957 | — | — | 130 | #669 |
| 1956 | — | — | 120 | #686 |
| 1955 | — | — | 127 | #653 |
| 1954 | — | — | 115 | #672 |
| 1953 | — | — | 132 | #625 |
| 1952 | — | — | 162 | #551 |
| 1951 | — | — | 159 | #538 |
| 1950 | — | — | 164 | #524 |
| 1949 | — | — | 158 | #531 |
| 1948 | — | — | 178 | #495 |
| 1947 | — | — | 187 | #493 |
| 1946 | — | — | 178 | #480 |
| 1945 | — | — | 168 | #458 |
| 1944 | — | — | 177 | #457 |
| 1943 | — | — | 206 | #437 |
| 1942 | — | — | 196 | #443 |
| 1941 | — | — | 177 | #438 |
| 1940 | — | — | 166 | #450 |
| 1939 | — | — | 162 | #452 |
| 1938 | — | — | 156 | #464 |
| 1937 | — | — | 159 | #443 |
| 1936 | — | — | 167 | #432 |
| 1935 | — | — | 168 | #433 |
| 1934 | — | — | 175 | #424 |
| 1933 | — | — | 155 | #445 |
| 1932 | — | — | 167 | #434 |
| 1931 | — | — | 188 | #411 |
| 1930 | — | — | 216 | #390 |
| 1929 | — | — | 202 | #414 |
| 1928 | — | — | 244 | #373 |
| 1927 | — | — | 199 | #430 |
| 1926 | — | — | 231 | #386 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,210 | 249 | #379 |
| 1924 | — | — | 229 | #405 |
| 1923 | — | — | 269 | #363 |
| 1922 | — | — | 225 | #403 |
| 1921 | — | — | 246 | #385 |
| 1920 | — | — | 233 | #389 |
| 1919 | — | — | 235 | #378 |
| 1918 | — | — | 216 | #402 |
| 1917 | — | — | 206 | #392 |
| 1916 | — | — | 177 | #421 |
| 1915 | — | — | 175 | #406 |
| 1914 | — | — | 149 | #390 |
| 1913 | — | — | 107 | #418 |
| 1912 | — | — | 91 | #405 |
| 1911 | — | — | 46 | #430 |
| 1910 | — | — | 51 | #360 |
| 1909 | — | — | 38 | #402 |
| 1908 | — | — | 38 | #377 |
| 1907 | — | — | 52 | #299 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #370 |
| 1905 | — | — | 36 | #342 |
| 1904 | — | — | 49 | #275 |
| 1903 | — | — | 34 | #324 |
| 1902 | — | — | 40 | #305 |
| 1901 | — | — | 24 | #388 |
| 1900 | — | — | 60 | #266 |
| 1899 | — | — | 31 | #319 |
| 1898 | — | — | 26 | #387 |
| 1897 | — | — | 42 | #280 |
| 1896 | — | — | 32 | #333 |
| 1895 | — | — | 32 | #327 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #312 |
| 1893 | — | — | 28 | #337 |
| 1892 | — | — | 32 | #333 |
| 1891 | — | — | 31 | #299 |
| 1890 | — | — | 25 | #354 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #255 |
| 1888 | — | — | 36 | #299 |
| 1887 | — | — | 31 | #301 |
| 1886 | — | — | 43 | #260 |
| 1885 | — | — | 29 | #314 |
| 1884 | — | — | 33 | #303 |
| 1883 | — | — | 34 | #283 |
| 1882 | — | — | 49 | #240 |
| 1881 | — | — | 28 | #309 |
| 1880 | — | — | 46 | #247 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).