Jackson
- #7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- #36 for boys in 2025, 6,582 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 9,287 births
- Debut · boys
- 46 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 297,220since 1880
Jackson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #36 | 6,582 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #35 | 6,899 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #28 | 7,334 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | #23 | 8,120 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #14 | 9,287 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #17 | 9,138 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | #17 | 10,176 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | #17 | 10,424 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #20 | 10,469 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #17 | 11,315 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #17 | 12,299 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #18 | 12,242 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #16 | 12,610 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #21 | 12,498 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #23 | 12,408 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #25 | 11,823 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #27 | 12,123 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | #32 | 11,641 |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | #33 | 11,666 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | #35 | 10,896 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #44 | 9,580 |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | #48 | 8,977 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | #52 | 8,713 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | #50 | 8,153 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #60 | 6,836 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #72 | 5,903 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #83 | 4,993 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #100 | 3,861 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #124 | 3,126 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #136 | 2,645 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #161 | 2,163 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #166 | 1,934 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #198 | 1,539 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #223 | 1,363 |
| 1991 | — | #241 | 1,177 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #316 | 794 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #421 | 495 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #458 | 391 |
| 1987 | — | #479 | 343 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #509 | 299 |
| 1985 | — | #509 | 293 | |
| 1984 | — | #520 | 269 | |
| 1983 | — | #509 | 275 | |
| 1982 | — | #509 | 276 | |
| 1981 | — | #482 | 300 | |
| 1980 | — | #503 | 283 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #523 | 261 |
| 1978 | — | #581 | 210 | |
| 1977 | — | #597 | 201 | |
| 1976 | — | #612 | 178 | |
| 1975 | — | #692 | 143 | |
| 1974 | — | #721 | 129 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #694 | 133 |
| 1972 | — | #757 | 110 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #785 | 107 |
| 1970 | — | #791 | 108 | |
| 1969 | — | #833 | 85 | |
| 1968 | — | #717 | 110 | |
| 1967 | — | #758 | 94 | |
| 1966 | — | #805 | 82 | |
| 1965 | — | #732 | 103 | |
| 1964 | — | #760 | 101 | |
| 1963 | — | #740 | 109 | |
| 1962 | — | #746 | 105 | |
| 1961 | — | #797 | 91 | |
| 1960 | — | #726 | 112 | |
| 1959 | — | #710 | 117 | |
| 1958 | — | #686 | 121 | |
| 1957 | — | #665 | 130 | |
| 1956 | — | #686 | 120 | |
| 1955 | — | #653 | 127 | |
| 1954 | — | #672 | 115 | |
| 1953 | — | #624 | 132 | |
| 1952 | — | #549 | 162 | |
| 1951 | — | #537 | 159 | |
| 1950 | — | #521 | 164 | |
| 1949 | — | #531 | 158 | |
| 1948 | — | #495 | 178 | |
| 1947 | — | #492 | 187 | |
| 1946 | — | #480 | 178 | |
| 1945 | — | #457 | 168 | |
| 1944 | — | #456 | 177 | |
| 1943 | — | #437 | 206 | |
| 1942 | — | #442 | 196 | |
| 1941 | — | #437 | 177 | |
| 1940 | — | #449 | 166 | |
| 1939 | — | #451 | 162 | |
| 1938 | — | #463 | 156 | |
| 1937 | — | #442 | 159 | |
| 1936 | — | #432 | 167 | |
| 1935 | — | #433 | 168 | |
| 1934 | — | #423 | 175 | |
| 1933 | — | #445 | 155 | |
| 1932 | — | #434 | 167 | |
| 1931 | — | #410 | 188 | |
| 1930 | — | #389 | 216 | |
| 1929 | — | #414 | 202 | |
| 1928 | — | #372 | 244 | |
| 1927 | — | #430 | 199 | |
| 1926 | — | #386 | 231 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #378 | 249 |
| 1924 | — | #405 | 229 | |
| 1923 | — | #363 | 269 | |
| 1922 | — | #403 | 225 | |
| 1921 | — | #385 | 246 | |
| 1920 | — | #389 | 233 | |
| 1919 | — | #378 | 235 | |
| 1918 | — | #402 | 216 | |
| 1917 | — | #391 | 206 | |
| 1916 | — | #421 | 177 | |
| 1915 | — | #405 | 175 | |
| 1914 | — | #390 | 149 | |
| 1913 | — | #418 | 107 | |
| 1912 | — | #404 | 91 | |
| 1911 | — | #426 | 46 | |
| 1910 | — | #359 | 51 | |
| 1909 | — | #397 | 38 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #273 | 49 | |
| 1903 | — | #322 | 34 | |
| 1902 | — | #302 | 40 | |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #266 | 60 | |
| 1899 | — | #315 | 31 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1896 | — | #331 | 32 | |
| 1895 | — | #326 | 32 | |
| 1894 | — | #308 | 32 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #329 | 32 | |
| 1891 | — | #297 | 31 | |
| 1890 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #297 | 36 | |
| 1887 | — | #299 | 31 | |
| 1886 | — | #258 | 43 | |
| 1885 | — | #312 | 29 | |
| 1884 | — | #301 | 33 | |
| 1883 | — | #282 | 34 | |
| 1882 | — | #238 | 49 | |
| 1881 | — | #307 | 28 | |
| 1880 | — | #244 | 46 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jackson was already there! It came in at #244, and was given to 46 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
Where Jackson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- West Virginia#15 · 1 in 118
- Alabama#16 · 1 in 158
- New Hampshire#17 · 1 in 98
- Michigan#17 · 1 in 174
- Arkansas#19 · 1 in 159
Best ever in a state: #1 in Wyoming, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #15 | 52 | 1 in 118 |
| Alabama | #16 | 136 | 1 in 158 |
| Michigan | #17 | 231 | 1 in 174 |
| New Hampshire | #17 | 46 | 1 in 98 |
| Arkansas | #19 | 79 | 1 in 159 |
| Wyoming | #20 | 13 | 1 in 84 |
| Vermont | #21 | 14 | 1 in 87 |
| Indiana | #22 | 178 | 1 in 178 |
| Kentucky | #22 | 127 | 1 in 162 |
| Maryland | #22 | 132 | 1 in 173 |
| Oregon | #22 | 97 | 1 in 155 |
| South Dakota | #22 | 27 | 1 in 142 |
| Tennessee | #22 | 208 | 1 in 177 |
| Wisconsin | #22 | 133 | 1 in 176 |
| Georgia | #23 | 235 | 1 in 214 |
| North Carolina | #23 | 275 | 1 in 187 |
| Ohio | #23 | 287 | 1 in 183 |
| Colorado | #24 | 156 | 1 in 172 |
| Pennsylvania | #24 | 302 | 1 in 173 |
| Virginia | #26 | 194 | 1 in 192 |
| Alaska | #27 | 18 | 1 in 126 |
| Missouri | #27 | 153 | 1 in 182 |
| Utah | #27 | 103 | 1 in 191 |
| Iowa | #28 | 74 | 1 in 187 |
| Massachusetts | #29 | 153 | 1 in 177 |
| South Carolina | #29 | 106 | 1 in 200 |
| Oklahoma | #30 | 90 | 1 in 196 |
| Maine | #32 | 29 | 1 in 133 |
| Idaho | #33 | 50 | 1 in 173 |
| Minnesota | #33 | 115 | 1 in 213 |
| Mississippi | #34 | 53 | 1 in 204 |
| Illinois | #36 | 225 | 1 in 220 |
| Rhode Island | #37 | 20 | 1 in 156 |
| Kansas | #38 | 70 | 1 in 201 |
| Montana | #43 | 23 | 1 in 164 |
| Connecticut | #44 | 65 | 1 in 203 |
| Nebraska | #45 | 41 | 1 in 215 |
| Washington | #47 | 128 | 1 in 256 |
| Florida | #48 | 379 | 1 in 252 |
| New York | #55 | 297 | 1 in 284 |
| Arizona | #58 | 117 | 1 in 280 |
| Nevada | #58 | 45 | 1 in 251 |
| Louisiana | #62 | 65 | 1 in 294 |
| North Dakota | #65 | 16 | 1 in 210 |
| California | #67 | 536 | 1 in 327 |
| Delaware | #68 | 14 | 1 in 211 |
| New Jersey | #68 | 126 | 1 in 316 |
| Texas | #76 | 512 | 1 in 342 |
| New Mexico | #90 | 20 | 1 in 325 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jackson
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 19 spots since 2020 (#17 → #36)
- Biggest jump: 105 spots in 1990
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1901
Rise & fade · boys
141 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2021 at #14 (9,287 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 150
- Highest: 1 in 150 boys born in 2013 were named Jackson (0.67%)
- Latest: 1 in 260 boys born in 2025 (0.39%)
- Its best rank, #14 in 2021, was only 1 in 188 (0.53%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 39.1% of all boys named Jackson (116,264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 371 | #238 (1882) | #279 |
| 1890s | 311 | #279 (1897) | #325 |
| 1900s | 404 | #266 (1900) | #331 |
| 1910s | 1,453 | #359 (1910) | #399 |
| 1920s | 2,327 | #363 (1923) | #393 |
| 1930s | 1,713 | #389 (1930) | #432 |
| 1940s | 1,791 | #437 (1943) | #468 |
| 1950s | 1,347 | #521 (1950) | #630 |
| 1960s | 992 | #717 (1968) | #761 |
| 1970s | 1,580 | #523 (1979) | #675 |
| 1980s | 3,224 | #421 (1989) | #490 |
| 1990s | 23,595 | #83 (1999) | #175 |
| 2000s | 94,488 | #27 (2009) | #45 |
| 2010s | 116,264 | #16 (2013) | #19 |
| 2020s | 47,360 | #14 (2021) | #26 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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