ninan.org

Jackson

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~286,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#36 among boys
Births in 2025
6,597 297,998 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Jackson popularity over time

Jackson rank by birth year, 1880–2025Jackson ranked #244 in 1880 and #36 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 2021.#100#1,000#36best #14 in 202118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Jackson was used most in 2013, when 12,626 babies were given the name. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Jackson has spent 28 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #36 with 6,597 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 46%.

Babies named Jackson per yearPeaks at 12,626 births in 2013.12,626 in 2013018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jackson?

Roughly 286,900 Jacksons are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 297,998 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jackson?

The typical living Jackson is 14 years old. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Jackson a current name.

Your Jackson

Ages of living people named JacksonHalf of living Jacksons are older than 14 and half younger.median 14020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jackson is most common

Relative to births, Vermont carries 3.1× the national share of Jacksons. Wyoming, New Hampshire and Maine follow.

Where Jackson is used more than average5 states use the name Jackson more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.5× the national rateMEVermont: 3.1× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.9× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 2.1× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.9× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jackson is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 192 3.1×
Wyoming 172 2.9×
New Hampshire 601 2.9×
Maine 481 2.5×
Montana 334 2.1×

Jackson in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Jackson ranked #138 in 2025 on 372 births. That is 42% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jackson comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from surnames.

Notable people named Jackson

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jackson Pollock American painter 1912–1956 118
Jackson Browne American singer-songwriter 1948 48
Jackson Martínez Colombian footballer 1986 43
Jackson Rathbone American actor and musician 1984 41
Jackson Irvine Australian association football player 1993 38
Jackson Porozo Ecuadorian association football player 2000 29
Jackson Scholz athletics competitor 1897–1986 26
Jackson Richardson French handball player 1969 25
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 502 in 1989 to 800 in 1990 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Jackson

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Jackson was in 2025.

Related pages

Get this data

Every number on this page is available as JSON: /api/name/jackson.json. Free to use with attribution (CC BY 4.0).