Jackson
Jackson is ranked 35th among boys in 2024 (6,876 births). Its best rank was 14th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #35down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6,8760.40% of boys
- Peak year
- 201312,609 births
- Best rank
- #14in 2021
- Since 1880
- 290,561people given the name
The story in the numbers
290,561 boys have been named Jackson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 12,609 births — 0.67% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 18 → 35).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 40%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 27 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jackson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 371 | |
| 1890s | 311 | |
| 1900s | 404 | |
| 1910s | 1,453 | |
| 1920s | 2,327 | |
| 1930s | 1,713 | |
| 1940s | 1,791 | |
| 1950s | 1,347 | |
| 1960s | 994 | |
| 1970s | 1,584 | |
| 1980s | 3,225 | |
| 1990s | 23,591 | |
| 2000s | 94,487 | |
| 2010s | 116,238 | |
| 2020s | 40,725 |
In 2013, its biggest year
Jackson was the 16th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.
Names that rose and fell with Jackson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carsonpeak 2018
- Ishanpeak 2009
- Carsenpeak 2010
- Taylanpeak 2010
- Maximpeak 2012
- Kellerpeak 2012
- Jamierpeak 2010
- Hagenpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.