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.
Jackson's rank has fallen a long way from where it once stood: #14 at its best, back in 2021, down to #35 by 2024, even though the raw-count peak came earlier still, 12,609 births in 2013. A 44% ten-year decline puts it in the middle of this batch's range of losses.
The name has appeared in SSA data continuously since 1880, a long run before the 2010s surge that produced its recent highs.
Painter Jackson Pollock and musician Jackson Browne anchor the name in mid-20th-century American arts, while historian Frederick Jackson Turner reaches back further still — a namesake spread with real depth, unusual for a name whose own popularity only became substantial in the last fifteen years.
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
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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 |
