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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1977 with 55,636 babies (rank #2 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,448 boys (rank #148). 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.

1,054,860
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
55,636
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
188020#386
188122#355
188220#406
188313#506
188425#356
188516#468
188621#388
188714#472
188821#408
188918#437
189012#580
189115#462
189216#506
18938#799
189424#382
189523#403
18969#800
189712#628
189818#497
18995#1,129
190015#663
190110#706
190214#602
190313#636
190411#742
190512#725
190615#631
19079#963
190810#915
190915#736
191024#591
191125#619
191242#655
191344#685
191459#662
191578#661
191683#644
191792#618
1918102#608
191981#693
192076#760
192197#657
192295#662
1923101#638
1924105#624
1925110#602
1926101#625
192797#645
192887#680
1929119#534
1930106#583
193183#658
193295#610
193381#647
193491#631
193583#656
193697#589
193781#661
193892#620
193971#711
194093#617
194181#681
1942118#566
1943137#537
1944116#571
1945115#561
1946117#597
1947133#592
1948180#492
1949217#455
1950205#467
1951189#493
1952218#469
1953275#423
1954306#412
1955398#365
1956437#353
1957440#368
1958596#311
1959720#292
1960940#259
19611,059#242
19621,298#213
19631,501#198
19642,105#155
19652,890#111
19663,768#89
19675,337#54
19687,147#47
196916,490#25
197027,274#13
197134,179#8
197237,434#7
197346,678#3
197454,751#2
197552,172#2
197652,650#2
197755,636#2
197851,604#2
197950,371#3
198048,166#3
198141,928#4
198240,634#4
198335,118#7
198429,952#11
198526,036#14
198622,417#18
198719,349#23
198815,916#27
198912,614#35
199010,695#46
19919,386#49
19929,249#46
19938,638#45
19948,550#46
19959,006#41
19968,696#41
19978,746#41
19989,398#40
19999,366#40
20009,778#39
200110,164#41
20029,956#42
20039,822#42
20049,063#47
20058,613#51
20068,456#55
20078,120#59
20087,661#60
20096,927#66
20106,278#69
20115,854#71
20125,758#76
20135,517#79
20145,567#75
20155,025#86
20164,885#84
20174,251#92
20183,876#100
20193,578#103
20203,103#119
20212,872#129
20222,607#146
20232,463#147
20242,448#148