Jason

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Jason is a common masculine given name. It comes from Greek แผธฮฌฯƒฯ‰ฮฝ, meaning "healer", from the verb แผฐฮฌฮฟฮผฮฑฮน, "heal", "cure", cognate with แผฐฮฑฯ„ฯฯŒฯ‚, "healer", "physician".

From Wikipedia

Jason first appears in the data in 1963 and has been recorded in 47 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 3,321 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jason

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jason yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

35,903
Total babies (all years)
47
Years in the data
3,321
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196331#113
1964107#84
1965157#69
1966338#35
1967474#26
1968580#24
19691,313#13
19702,398#3
19713,059#1
19723,321#1
19732,637#1
19742,123#3
19751,713#4
19761,432#6
19771,192#8
19781,015#12
1979945#12
1980963#14
1981915#16
1982813#21
1983833#18
1984759#19
1985817#16
1986747#19
1987773#18
1988777#18
1989691#22
1990521#28
1991557#24
1992494#34
1993463#34
1994419#39
1995388#40
1996349#47
1997306#51
1998289#52
1999226#65
2000186#71
2001192#69
2002139#89
2003170#82
2004116#93
2005106#97
201412#162
201514#156
201613#170
201720#130