Jameson
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #137 for boys in 2025, 2,609 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 4,674 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 61,883since 1922
Jameson over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | #137 | 2,609 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #118 | 3,036 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 | #102 | 3,488 |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | #85 | 4,079 |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 | #80 | 4,309 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #79 | 4,406 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #77 | 4,674 |
| 2018 | #3,158 | 51 | #91 | 4,252 |
| 2017 | #2,487 | 72 | #100 | 3,932 |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 | #128 | 3,284 |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | #144 | 2,854 |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | #160 | 2,600 |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | #181 | 2,236 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #208 | 1,823 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #210 | 1,664 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #277 | 1,229 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | #317 | 1,005 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #378 | 811 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 | #388 | 779 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #425 | 668 |
| 2005 | #3,009 | 53 | #486 | 513 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 | #516 | 465 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #556 | 403 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #619 | 318 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | #620 | 306 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #735 | 233 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #731 | 223 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #700 | 239 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #673 | 242 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #712 | 222 |
| 1995 | — | #677 | 243 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #687 | 229 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #672 | 235 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #720 | 205 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #612 | 278 |
| 1990 | — | #660 | 233 | |
| 1989 | — | #660 | 230 | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #573 | 260 |
| 1987 | — | #521 | 294 | |
| 1986 | — | #454 | 368 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #415 | 422 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #436 | 369 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #462 | 328 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #777 | 129 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #938 | 91 |
| 1980 | — | #1,010 | 80 | |
| 1979 | — | #965 | 84 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,060 | 67 | |
| 1977 | — | #895 | 90 | |
| 1976 | — | #942 | 78 | |
| 1975 | — | #945 | 75 | |
| 1974 | — | #923 | 77 | |
| 1973 | — | #932 | 75 | |
| 1972 | — | #943 | 73 | |
| 1971 | — | #979 | 69 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,080 | 57 | |
| 1969 | — | #951 | 65 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
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| 1957 | — | #2,274 | 13 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jameson! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1948, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jameson is popular in 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#210 · 1 in 2,255
- Massachusetts#249 · 1 in 3,033
- Oregon#250 · 1 in 2,299
- Minnesota#269 · 1 in 3,906
- Connecticut#271 · 1 in 3,103
Best ever in a state: #22 in Alaska, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #210 | 15 | 1 in 2,255 |
| Massachusetts | #249 | 12 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Oregon | #250 | 8 | 1 in 2,299 |
| Minnesota | #269 | 8 | 1 in 3,906 |
| Connecticut | #271 | 6 | 1 in 3,103 |
| Utah | #281 | 7 | 1 in 2,602 |
| Iowa | #295 | 5 | 1 in 4,089 |
| Washington | #329 | 9 | 1 in 3,501 |
| Tennessee | #340 | 8 | 1 in 3,979 |
| New Mexico | #342 | 5 | 1 in 2,335 |
| Maryland | #352 | 6 | 1 in 4,327 |
| Kentucky | #360 | 5 | 1 in 5,120 |
| Missouri | #372 | 7 | 1 in 5,119 |
| Virginia | #374 | 8 | 1 in 4,371 |
| Georgia | #376 | 11 | 1 in 3,680 |
| Indiana | #385 | 7 | 1 in 5,414 |
| Ohio | #418 | 11 | 1 in 6,911 |
| Colorado | #421 | 5 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Florida | #436 | 15 | 1 in 4,542 |
| Michigan | #442 | 9 | 1 in 6,952 |
| North Carolina | #443 | 7 | 1 in 5,426 |
| California | #467 | 39 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Illinois | #478 | 14 | 1 in 5,840 |
| Pennsylvania | #504 | 8 | 1 in 9,582 |
| New York | #559 | 15 | 1 in 7,780 |
| Texas | #560 | 21 | 1 in 6,768 |
| Louisiana | #576 | 6 | 1 in 6,115 |
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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 Jameson
- 19 spots since 2024 (#118 → #137)
- 58 spots since 2020 (#79 → #137)
- 7 spots since 2015 (#144 → #137)
- Biggest jump: 780 spots in 1969 (#1,731 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1978 (#895 → #1,060)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 2019 at #77 (4,674 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 2017–2022
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1981–2025
- Highest: 1 in 384 boys born in 2019 were named Jameson (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 655 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
- 46.1% of all boys named Jameson (28,548) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,872 (1922) | #3,872 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,298 (1949) | #3,516 |
| 1950s | 53 | #2,274 (1957) | #2,953 |
| 1960s | 172 | #951 (1969) | #2,430 |
| 1970s | 745 | #895 (1977) | #966 |
| 1980s | 2,571 | #415 (1985) | #625 |
| 1990s | 2,349 | #612 (1991) | #684 |
| 2000s | 5,501 | #317 (2009) | #504 |
| 2010s | 28,548 | #77 (2019) | #158 |
| 2020s | 21,927 | #79 (2020) | #100 |
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.
Jameson in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 334,122 of them was named Jameson, which outranked 14.9% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,799 names at #10,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 5,465 of them was named Jameson, which outranked 93.7% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.