# Jayson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jayson/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,968 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35,931 / 37 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 760, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Jason, perhaps influenced by Jay.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 | 7,918 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,825 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,472 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11,010 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,169 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,346 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,707 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 855 | 351 |
| 2012 | 810 | 374 |
| 2013 | 817 | 373 |
| 2014 | 795 | 392 |
| 2015 | 763 | 407 |
| 2016 | 636 | 483 |
| 2017 | 634 | 471 |
| 2018 | 620 | 470 |
| 2019 | 558 | 512 |
| 2020 | 540 | 529 |
| 2021 | 502 | 564 |
| 2022 | 543 | 546 |
| 2023 | 485 | 591 |
| 2024 | 454 | 624 |
| 2025 | 384 | 700 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 999 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 35 | 870 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 33 | 878 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Jayson

- Jayson Blair, American actor
- Jayson Leutwiler, Canadian association football player
- Jayson Blair, American journalist
- Jayson Thiessen, Canadian animation director
- Jayson Werth, American baseball player
- Jayson Williams, American basketball player
- Jayson Terdiman, American luger
- Jayson Nix, former baseball player from the United States
- Jayson Warner Smith, American actor
- Jayson Megna, American ice hockey player
- Jayson Jablonsky, American volleyball player
- JTG, American professional wrestler and actor

## 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.