Jackson

Where Jackson comes from

From Jack + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jackson
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #244 among boys — 46 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1912
    Jackson Pollock born
    American painter
  3. 1948
    Jackson Browne born
    American singer-songwriter
  4. 2021
    Peak, #14
    9,287 babies named Jackson — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Jackson Pollock · American painter, 1912–1956
  • Jackson Browne · American singer-songwriter, born 1948
  • Jackson Martínez · Colombian footballer, born 1986
  • Jackson Rathbone · American actor and musician, born 1984
  • Jackson Irvine · Australian association football player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.