Jamison

Where Jamison comes from

"son of Jamie".
— Wiktionary's entry for Jamison
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,763 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1965
    Jamison Jones born
    American actor
  4. 1973
    Peak, #408
    364 babies named Jamison — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #636.
  6. 1980
    Jamison Brewer born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Jamison Brewer · American basketball player, born 1980
  • Jamison Jones · American actor, born 1965
  • Jamison Battle · American basketball player, born 2001
  • Jamison Gibson-Park · New Zealand born, Irish rugby union player, born 1992
  • Jamison Green · American activist, born 1948

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.