Jamison
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #785 for boys in 2025, 324 births
Given to boys 91.5% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #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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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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#248 · 1 in 2,303
- Colorado#271 · 1 in 2,517
- Mississippi#285 · 1 in 1,930
- Iowa#291 · 1 in 3,872
- Alabama#302 · 1 in 2,556
Best ever in a state: #103 in Rhode Island, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #248 | 14 | 1 in 2,303 |
| Colorado | #271 | 10 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Mississippi | #285 | 9 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Iowa | #291 | 5 | 1 in 3,872 |
| Alabama | #302 | 10 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Wisconsin | #313 | 8 | 1 in 4,267 |
| Maryland | #335 | 7 | 1 in 3,964 |
| Massachusetts | #356 | 7 | 1 in 5,600 |
| Ohio | #361 | 15 | 1 in 5,139 |
| Minnesota | #367 | 5 | 1 in 6,326 |
| Missouri | #385 | 7 | 1 in 5,271 |
| South Carolina | #399 | 6 | 1 in 3,560 |
| Virginia | #423 | 7 | 1 in 5,400 |
| Indiana | #471 | 5 | 1 in 7,536 |
| Pennsylvania | #475 | 9 | 1 in 8,563 |
| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 6,302 |
| Arizona | #480 | 5 | 1 in 5,290 |
| Georgia | #514 | 7 | 1 in 6,169 |
| North Carolina | #526 | 6 | 1 in 6,754 |
| Florida | #554 | 11 | 1 in 6,786 |
| California | #616 | 26 | 1 in 8,592 |
| Illinois | #617 | 9 | 1 in 9,140 |
| New York | #629 | 14 | 1 in 8,646 |
| Texas | #994 | 8 | 1 in 18,396 |
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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
- 26 spots since 2024 (#759 → #785)
- 306 spots since 2020 (#479 → #785)
- 341 spots since 2015 (#444 → #785)
- Biggest jump: 549 spots in 1969 (#1,258 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 1977 (#486 → #594)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1973 at #408 (364 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
- 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
- 30.5% of all boys named Jamison (6,347) were born in this decade
- 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.
Jamison in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 78,219 of them was named Jamison, which outranked 70.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,621Winona23
- #3,621Yalonda23
- #3,621Yecenia23
- #3,730Jamison22
- #3,730Abagail22
- #3,730Adair22
- #3,730Alicea22
- #3,852Abbe21
- #3,852Abigale21
- #3,852Adia21
Tied with 121 names at #3,730; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 6,948 of them was named Jamison, which outranked 93.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).