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 Ἰάσων, meaning "healer", from the verb ἰάομαι, "heal", "cure", cognate with ἰατρός, "healer", "physician".

From Wikipedia

Jason first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 1,282 babies (rank #36 that year). In 2024 it was given to 192 boys (rank #174). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

18,794
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
1,282
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19911,282#36
19921,179#40
19931,078#43
19941,028#39
19951,062#40
1996989#42
1997878#41
1998789#44
1999755#48
2000657#51
2001666#53
2002581#59
2003607#62
2004544#68
2005478#78
2006476#78
2007468#78
2008444#84
2009426#89
2010352#113
2011330#122
2012361#112
2013360#112
2014382#106
2015366#108
2016366#103
2017270#145
2018242#154
2019271#137
2020263#133
2021221#165
2022216#160
2023210#147
2024192#174