Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Jackson is an English masculine given name that originated as a transferred use of the surname, which means "son of Jack". It is in regular use, along with spelling variants such as Jaxon, and Jacksen, Jacson, and Jaxson.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jackson yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Jack was too short to us, John felt dated. Jackson gave us the nickname Jack with a full name behind it. Best of both worlds.
— Amber, Boise ID, 2019
We live in Mississippi. Jackson felt like a nod to the state without being weird about it. Our boy was born here, this is his home, the name fits.
— James, Hattiesburg MS, 2018
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 46 | #247 |
| 1881 | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | 49 | #240 |
| 1883 | 34 | #283 |
| 1884 | 33 | #303 |
| 1885 | 29 | #314 |
| 1886 | 43 | #260 |
| 1887 | 31 | #301 |
| 1888 | 36 | #299 |
| 1889 | 42 | #255 |
| 1890 | 25 | #354 |
| 1891 | 31 | #299 |
| 1892 | 32 | #333 |
| 1893 | 28 | #337 |
| 1894 | 32 | #312 |
| 1895 | 32 | #327 |
| 1896 | 32 | #333 |
| 1897 | 42 | #280 |
| 1898 | 26 | #387 |
| 1899 | 31 | #319 |
| 1900 | 60 | #266 |
| 1901 | 24 | #388 |
| 1902 | 40 | #305 |
| 1903 | 34 | #324 |
| 1904 | 49 | #275 |
| 1905 | 36 | #342 |
| 1906 | 33 | #370 |
| 1907 | 52 | #299 |
| 1908 | 38 | #377 |
| 1909 | 38 | #402 |
| 1910 | 51 | #360 |
| 1911 | 46 | #430 |
| 1912 | 91 | #405 |
| 1913 | 107 | #418 |
| 1914 | 149 | #390 |
| 1915 | 175 | #406 |
| 1916 | 177 | #421 |
| 1917 | 206 | #392 |
| 1918 | 216 | #402 |
| 1919 | 235 | #378 |
| 1920 | 233 | #389 |
| 1921 | 246 | #385 |
| 1922 | 225 | #403 |
| 1923 | 269 | #363 |
| 1924 | 229 | #405 |
| 1925 | 249 | #379 |
| 1926 | 231 | #386 |
| 1927 | 199 | #430 |
| 1928 | 244 | #373 |
| 1929 | 202 | #414 |
| 1930 | 216 | #390 |
| 1931 | 188 | #411 |
| 1932 | 167 | #434 |
| 1933 | 155 | #445 |
| 1934 | 175 | #424 |
| 1935 | 168 | #433 |
| 1936 | 167 | #432 |
| 1937 | 159 | #443 |
| 1938 | 156 | #464 |
| 1939 | 162 | #452 |
| 1940 | 167 | #449 |
| 1941 | 176 | #440 |
| 1942 | 196 | #443 |
| 1943 | 206 | #437 |
| 1944 | 177 | #457 |
| 1945 | 168 | #458 |
| 1946 | 178 | #480 |
| 1947 | 187 | #493 |
| 1948 | 178 | #495 |
| 1949 | 158 | #531 |
| 1950 | 164 | #524 |
| 1951 | 159 | #538 |
| 1952 | 162 | #551 |
| 1953 | 132 | #625 |
| 1954 | 115 | #672 |
| 1955 | 127 | #653 |
| 1956 | 120 | #686 |
| 1957 | 130 | #669 |
| 1958 | 121 | #686 |
| 1959 | 117 | #711 |
| 1960 | 112 | #728 |
| 1961 | 91 | #801 |
| 1962 | 105 | #745 |
| 1963 | 110 | #739 |
| 1964 | 101 | #763 |
| 1965 | 104 | #731 |
| 1966 | 82 | #807 |
| 1967 | 94 | #760 |
| 1968 | 110 | #719 |
| 1969 | 85 | #834 |
| 1970 | 108 | #791 |
| 1971 | 107 | #785 |
| 1972 | 110 | #758 |
| 1973 | 133 | #695 |
| 1974 | 129 | #721 |
| 1975 | 143 | #694 |
| 1976 | 180 | #612 |
| 1977 | 203 | #594 |
| 1978 | 210 | #583 |
| 1979 | 261 | #523 |
| 1980 | 284 | #502 |
| 1981 | 301 | #482 |
| 1982 | 276 | #510 |
| 1983 | 274 | #510 |
| 1984 | 269 | #520 |
| 1985 | 293 | #510 |
| 1986 | 300 | #508 |
| 1987 | 344 | #479 |
| 1988 | 389 | #460 |
| 1989 | 495 | #421 |
| 1990 | 792 | #317 |
| 1991 | 1,177 | #241 |
| 1992 | 1,363 | #223 |
| 1993 | 1,538 | #198 |
| 1994 | 1,934 | #166 |
| 1995 | 2,163 | #161 |
| 1996 | 2,644 | #136 |
| 1997 | 3,126 | #124 |
| 1998 | 3,861 | #100 |
| 1999 | 4,993 | #83 |
| 2000 | 5,903 | #72 |
| 2001 | 6,836 | #60 |
| 2002 | 8,153 | #50 |
| 2003 | 8,713 | #52 |
| 2004 | 8,977 | #48 |
| 2005 | 9,580 | #44 |
| 2006 | 10,895 | #35 |
| 2007 | 11,666 | #33 |
| 2008 | 11,641 | #32 |
| 2009 | 12,123 | #27 |
| 2010 | 11,823 | #25 |
| 2011 | 12,407 | #23 |
| 2012 | 12,497 | #21 |
| 2013 | 12,609 | #16 |
| 2014 | 12,240 | #18 |
| 2015 | 12,293 | #17 |
| 2016 | 11,311 | #17 |
| 2017 | 10,466 | #20 |
| 2018 | 10,423 | #17 |
| 2019 | 10,169 | #17 |
| 2020 | 9,131 | #17 |
| 2021 | 9,279 | #14 |
| 2022 | 8,114 | #23 |
| 2023 | 7,325 | #28 |
| 2024 | 6,876 | #35 |
