# Jackson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jackson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒæksən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Jaxx |
| Variant spellings | Jaxon, Jaxson, Jaxxon, Jexun, Joxun, Jaxsen |
| US babies named this | 297,998 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 297,220 / 778 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12,078, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jack + -son.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,975 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,990 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,534 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,371 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,539 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,197 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4,978 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,704 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,087 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,174 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,514 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,708 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,267 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,870 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,271 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12,408 | 23 |
| 2012 | 12,498 | 21 |
| 2013 | 12,610 | 16 |
| 2014 | 12,242 | 18 |
| 2015 | 12,299 | 17 |
| 2016 | 11,315 | 17 |
| 2017 | 10,469 | 20 |
| 2018 | 10,424 | 17 |
| 2019 | 10,176 | 17 |
| 2020 | 9,138 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9,287 | 14 |
| 2022 | 8,120 | 23 |
| 2023 | 7,334 | 28 |
| 2024 | 6,899 | 35 |
| 2025 | 6,582 | 36 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 647 | 99 |
| 2012 | 560 | 113 |
| 2013 | 578 | 106 |
| 2014 | 602 | 100 |
| 2015 | 818 | 82 |
| 2016 | 858 | 79 |
| 2017 | 876 | 74 |
| 2018 | 764 | 80 |
| 2019 | 675 | 91 |
| 2020 | 639 | 90 |
| 2021 | 607 | 97 |
| 2022 | 592 | 94 |
| 2023 | 462 | 113 |
| 2024 | 423 | 131 |
| 2025 | 372 | 138 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جَاكْسُون
- Armenian: Ջեքսոն
- Bulgarian: Джаксън
- Chinese: 傑克遜 /杰克逊, 傑克森 /杰克森
- Danish: Jackson
- Georgian: ჯექსონი
- Greek: Τζάκσον
- Hebrew: גֶ׳קְסוֹן
- Hindi: जैक्सन
- Japanese: ジャクソン
- Korean: 잭슨
- Latvian: Džeksons, Džeksona
- Russian: Дже́ксон
- Ukrainian: Дже́ксон
- Vietnamese: Jackson, Giắc-xơn

## People named Jackson

- Jackson Pollock, American painter (1912–1956)
- Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter
- Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer (born 1986)
- Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian (1861-1932)
- Jackson Rathbone, American actor and musician
- William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)
- Jackson Irvine, Australian association football player
- Jackson Porozo, Ecuadorian association football player
- Jackson Scholz, athletics competitor (1897–1986)
- Jackson Richardson, French handball player
- William Jackson Harper, American actor
- Jackson C. Frank, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.