Jamison
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- #785 for boys in 2025, 324 births
- Given to boys 91.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 364 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,796since 1931
Jamison over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #785 | 324 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #759 | 335 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #657 | 416 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #589 | 486 |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | #521 | 563 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | #479 | 622 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #435 | 704 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 | #446 | 675 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | #436 | 712 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | #456 | 679 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #444 | 690 |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | #440 | 689 |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | #458 | 615 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | #496 | 538 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | #495 | 527 |
| 2010 | #3,044 | 55 | #499 | 518 |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | #550 | 480 |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 73 | #528 | 508 |
| 2007 | #2,394 | 79 | #503 | 523 |
| 2006 | #2,375 | 79 | #533 | 473 |
| 2005 | #1,855 | 104 | #552 | 433 |
| 2004 | #2,044 | 89 | #575 | 392 |
| 2003 | #1,874 | 98 | #584 | 375 |
| 2002 | #2,199 | 75 | #645 | 298 |
| 2001 | #2,126 | 77 | #605 | 325 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 | #630 | 291 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #649 | 266 |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 | #600 | 309 |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | #666 | 245 |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 | #717 | 219 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #707 | 225 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #670 | 241 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #657 | 245 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | #654 | 251 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #608 | 280 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #662 | 232 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #638 | 245 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #611 | 240 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #602 | 227 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #557 | 254 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #533 | 266 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #564 | 230 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #624 | 187 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #647 | 179 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #636 | 179 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #641 | 183 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #578 | 218 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #636 | 172 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #594 | 202 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #486 | 266 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #484 | 275 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #420 | 347 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #408 | 364 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #526 | 226 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #626 | 175 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #577 | 195 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #709 | 121 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,258 | 36 |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #1,510 | 26 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,408 | 31 |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | — | #1,772 | 21 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1931
The first year at least five boys were named Jamison! It came in at #3,763, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1948, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamison is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#299 · 1 in 1,026
- South Carolina#348 · 1 in 1,413
- Kansas#386 · 1 in 1,561
- Kentucky#404 · 1 in 1,711
- Ohio#439 · 1 in 2,189
Best ever in a state: #103 in Rhode Island, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,026 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 15 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Kansas | #386 | 9 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Kentucky | #404 | 12 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Ohio | #439 | 24 | 1 in 2,189 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Pennsylvania | #577 | 16 | 1 in 3,266 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Illinois | #677 | 13 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| North Carolina | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Arizona | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,454 |
| Florida | #1,191 | 10 | 1 in 9,553 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Texas | #1,217 | 17 | 1 in 10,297 |
| California | #1,438 | 12 | 1 in 14,623 |
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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 Jamison
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 306 spots since 2020 (#479 → #785)
- Biggest jump: 549 spots in 1969
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1977
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1973 at #408 (364 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,549
- Highest: 1 in 2,549 boys born in 2019 were named Jamison (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,272 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #408 in 1973, was only 1 in 4,282 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 30.5% of all boys named Jamison (6,347) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1957
- Mostly girls until 1956, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,763 (1931) | #3,763 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,298 (1949) | #3,298 |
| 1950s | 118 | #1,709 (1959) | #2,594 |
| 1960s | 333 | #709 (1969) | #1,616 |
| 1970s | 2,440 | #408 (1973) | #534 |
| 1980s | 2,190 | #533 (1985) | #605 |
| 1990s | 2,513 | #600 (1998) | #659 |
| 2000s | 4,098 | #503 (2007) | #571 |
| 2010s | 6,347 | #435 (2019) | #461 |
| 2020s | 2,746 | #479 (2020) | #632 |
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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