Meaning not yet researched.
Jason: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,224 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 1978.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 1978; #165 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jason in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#165 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1978, at #2.
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Jason: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,224 boys in 2025. Peak: #2 in 1978 · most boys in one year: 55,631 (1977).
In 2025, 2,224 US boys were named Jason, making it the 165th most common boys’ name of the year, down 17 places from #148 in 2024. That is 231 fewer than the 2,455 boys named Jason in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2, reached in 1978. The most boys given the name in a single year was 55,631, in 1977. For comparison, it was #86 in 2015 and #467 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jason in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 1,057,058 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 465,183 babies named Jason.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 32,334 US boys were named Jason; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,886. In 2025 that was about 1 in 768 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jason ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #69 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Jace (92,412 babies since 1880), Jayson (35,968 babies since 1880), Jaison (1,785 babies since 1880) and Jasen (4,659 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jasson, Jasean and Yeison are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jase and Jay.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Jasson (1,317), Jasean (974), Yeison (688), Jaeson (618), Jeison (503), Jacion (476), Jasin (379), Jahson (328), Jazion (289), Jaisen (282), Jassen (266), Jaysin (248), and more.
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 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 11 | #69 | #88 |
| Massachusetts | 66 | #106 | #68 |
| Nevada | 28 | #110 | #73 |
| Maryland | 51 | #113 | #55 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | #119 | #57 |
| Florida | 167 | #128 | #60 |
| Connecticut | 29 | #130 | #77 |
| Pennsylvania | 97 | #130 | #80 |
| California | 296 | #135 | #57 |
| Virginia | 65 | #139 | #71 |
| Kentucky | 37 | #147 | #101 |
| Indiana | 55 | #151 | #117 |
| Delaware | 7 | #152 | #82 |
| New York | 125 | #153 | #56 |
| Washington | 53 | #160 | #78 |
| New Jersey | 63 | #160 | #69 |
| Montana | 8 | #162 | #102 |
| Texas | 225 | #163 | #75 |
| Mississippi | 19 | #168 | #105 |
| Oregon | 25 | #168 | #114 |
| Illinois | 69 | #171 | #108 |
| Iowa | 24 | #175 | #130 |
| Georgia | 71 | #177 | #93 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #177 | #97 |
| Idaho | 15 | #181 | #83 |
| Arizona | 48 | #181 | #97 |
| Kansas | 22 | #182 | #138 |
| Michigan | 57 | #182 | #109 |
| South Carolina | 31 | #182 | #92 |
| Louisiana | 28 | #184 | #104 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #190 | #209 |
| Arkansas | 19 | #194 | #95 |
| Tennessee | 47 | #196 | #104 |
| Missouri | 37 | #196 | #157 |
| North Carolina | 62 | #201 | #90 |
| Ohio | 62 | #210 | #105 |
| Alabama | 27 | #211 | #86 |
| Minnesota | 29 | #220 | #144 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #223 | #79 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #238 | #103 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | #239 | #149 |
| Maine | 5 | #246 | #125 |
| Utah | 20 | #258 | #122 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #275 | #104 |
| Colorado | 23 | #284 | #150 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #318 | #114 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #353 | #102 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 2,224 | #165 |
| 2024 | — | — | 2,455 | #148 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,465 | #147 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,335 | 2,609 | #146 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,875 | #129 |
| 2020 | — | — | 3,105 | #119 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,056 | 3,579 | #103 |
| 2018 | — | — | 3,880 | #99 |
| 2017 | — | — | 4,256 | #92 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,512 | 4,886 | #84 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,615 | 5,025 | #86 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,410 | 5,568 | #75 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,781 | 5,519 | #79 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,130 | 5,759 | #76 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,597 | 5,854 | #71 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,759 | 6,279 | #69 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,267 | 6,927 | #66 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,196 | 7,662 | #60 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,420 | 8,120 | #59 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,883 | 8,456 | #55 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,607 | 8,614 | #51 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,214 | 9,063 | #47 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,153 | 9,822 | #42 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,757 | 9,956 | #42 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,266 | 10,164 | #41 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,865 | 9,778 | #39 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,758 | 9,366 | #40 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,855 | 9,399 | #40 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,721 | 8,746 | #41 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,107 | 8,695 | #41 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,705 | 9,004 | #41 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,257 | 8,552 | #46 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,080 | 8,639 | #45 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,596 | 9,249 | #46 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,326 | 9,387 | #49 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,761 | 10,694 | #46 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,631 | 12,614 | #35 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,498 | 15,917 | #27 |
| 1987 | 111 | #1,268 | 19,350 | #23 |
| 1986 | 163 | #968 | 22,415 | #18 |
| 1985 | 184 | #873 | 26,039 | #14 |
| 1984 | 205 | #782 | 29,953 | #11 |
| 1983 | 245 | #694 | 35,113 | #7 |
| 1982 | 274 | #651 | 40,628 | #4 |
| 1981 | 239 | #706 | 41,927 | #4 |
| 1980 | 308 | #602 | 48,164 | #3 |
| 1979 | 303 | #594 | 50,369 | #3 |
| 1978 | 294 | #584 | 51,600 | #2 |
| 1977 | 313 | #562 | 55,631 | #2 |
| 1976 | 292 | #568 | 52,643 | #2 |
| 1975 | 303 | #559 | 52,159 | #2 |
| 1974 | 266 | #595 | 54,756 | #2 |
| 1973 | 226 | #660 | 46,683 | #3 |
| 1972 | 208 | #699 | 37,423 | #7 |
| 1971 | 155 | #869 | 34,173 | #8 |
| 1970 | 114 | #1,070 | 27,272 | #13 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,165 | 16,488 | #25 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,272 | 7,143 | #47 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,728 | 5,336 | #54 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,090 | 3,770 | #89 |
| 1965 | — | — | 2,887 | #111 |
| 1964 | — | — | 2,104 | #155 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,043 | 1,503 | #198 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,298 | #213 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,364 | 1,058 | #242 |
| 1960 | — | — | 940 | #259 |
| 1959 | — | — | 720 | #292 |
| 1958 | — | — | 596 | #311 |
| 1957 | — | — | 440 | #368 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,333 | 437 | #353 |
| 1955 | — | — | 397 | #365 |
| 1954 | — | — | 306 | #412 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,040 | 275 | #423 |
| 1952 | — | — | 218 | #469 |
| 1951 | — | — | 189 | #493 |
| 1950 | — | — | 205 | #467 |
| 1949 | — | — | 217 | #455 |
| 1948 | — | — | 179 | #492 |
| 1947 | — | — | 133 | #592 |
| 1946 | — | — | 117 | #597 |
| 1945 | — | — | 115 | #561 |
| 1944 | — | — | 116 | #571 |
| 1943 | — | — | 137 | #537 |
| 1942 | — | — | 118 | #566 |
| 1941 | — | — | 81 | #681 |
| 1940 | — | — | 93 | #617 |
| 1939 | — | — | 71 | #711 |
| 1938 | — | — | 92 | #620 |
| 1937 | — | — | 81 | #661 |
| 1936 | — | — | 97 | #589 |
| 1935 | — | — | 83 | #656 |
| 1934 | — | — | 91 | #631 |
| 1933 | — | — | 81 | #647 |
| 1932 | — | — | 95 | #610 |
| 1931 | — | — | 83 | #658 |
| 1930 | — | — | 106 | #583 |
| 1929 | — | — | 119 | #534 |
| 1928 | — | — | 87 | #680 |
| 1927 | — | — | 97 | #645 |
| 1926 | — | — | 101 | #625 |
| 1925 | — | — | 110 | #602 |
| 1924 | — | — | 105 | #624 |
| 1923 | — | — | 101 | #638 |
| 1922 | — | — | 95 | #662 |
| 1921 | — | — | 97 | #657 |
| 1920 | — | — | 76 | #760 |
| 1919 | — | — | 81 | #693 |
| 1918 | — | — | 102 | #608 |
| 1917 | — | — | 92 | #618 |
| 1916 | — | — | 83 | #644 |
| 1915 | — | — | 78 | #661 |
| 1914 | — | — | 59 | #662 |
| 1913 | — | — | 44 | #685 |
| 1912 | — | — | 42 | #655 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #619 |
| 1910 | — | — | 24 | #591 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #736 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #915 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #963 |
| 1906 | — | — | 15 | #631 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #725 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #742 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #636 |
| 1902 | — | — | 14 | #602 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #706 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #663 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #497 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #628 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #800 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #403 |
| 1894 | — | — | 24 | #382 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #799 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #506 |
| 1891 | — | — | 15 | #462 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #580 |
| 1889 | — | — | 18 | #437 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #408 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #472 |
| 1886 | — | — | 21 | #388 |
| 1885 | — | — | 16 | #468 |
| 1884 | — | — | 25 | #356 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #506 |
| 1882 | — | — | 20 | #406 |
| 1881 | — | — | 22 | #355 |
| 1880 | — | — | 20 | #386 |
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).