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Jason

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~983,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#165 among boys
Births in 2025
2,224 1,057,058 since 1880
Typical age
45 years, median

Jason popularity over time

Jason rank by birth year, 1880–2025Jason ranked #381 in 1880 and #165 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2, in 1974.#10#100#1,000#165best #2 in 197418901920195019802010
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.

Jason was used most in 1977, when 55,944 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 53 separate years.

The 2025 position is #165, on 2,224 births. The ten-year change is -56%. It slipped 17 places against the previous year.

Babies named Jason per yearPeaks at 55,944 births in 1977.55,944 in 1977018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jason?

Roughly 983,400 Jasons are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 1,057,058 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 Jason?

The typical living Jason is 45 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1970s. By the site’s era rules that makes Jason a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Jason

Ages of living people named JasonHalf of living Jasons are older than 45 and half younger.median 45020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jason is most common

Relative to births, Delaware carries 2.1× the national share of Jasons. Rhode Island, District of Columbia and Maryland follow.

Where Jason is used more than average5 states use the name Jason more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth 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: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: 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: 1.7× the national rateMDDelaware: 2.1× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.7× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.8× the national rateDCOklahoma: 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 Jason is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 108 2.1×
Rhode Island 112 2.0×
District of Columbia 104 1.8×
Maryland 773 1.7×
New Mexico 199 1.7×

Jason in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Jason ranked #187 in 2025 on 270 births.

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

Where the name Jason comes from

From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων, from ἰάομαι (“I heal”). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Jason

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jason Bateman American actor 1969 110
Jason Statham English actor 1967 97
Jason Momoa American actor 1979 77
Jason Robards American actor 1922–2000 57
Jason Alexander American actor, comedian, director and television host 1959 56
Jason Segel American actor 1980 55
Jason Lee American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder 1970 52
Jason Derulo American singer-songwriter 1989 52
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 7,172 in 1968 to 16,580 in 1969 — 2.3 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 Jason

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

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