NameTides

Jackson

Jackson was the #36 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,582 babies), and #138 in England & Wales and #31 in Canada.

Jackson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jackson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Jackson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#36 (6,582)#138 (372)#129 (35)#159 (14)#198 (24)#31 (637)#90 (94)—
2024#35 (6,899)#131 (423)#130 (37)#154 (14)#200 (24)#24 (723)#74 (106)#78 (98)
2023#28 (7,334)#113 (462)#105 (50)#121 (20)#119 (48)#22 (771)#72 (110)#59 (100)
2022#23 (8,120)#94 (592)#85 (66)#131 (19)#162 (35)#18 (918)#55 (145)#64 (105)
2021#14 (9,287)#97 (607)#70 (81)#143 (17)#153 (37)#16 (1,079)#55 (160)#55 (121)
2020#17 (9,138)#90 (639)#80 (71)#111 (24)#104 (59)#18 (924)#46 (176)#51 (128)
2019#17 (10,176)#91 (675)#74 (85)#97 (30)#123 (53)#18 (1,048)#47 (179)#48 (150)
2018#17 (10,424)#80 (764)#59 (105)#114 (22)#125 (50)#23 (910)#43 (195)#57 (113)
2017#20 (10,469)#74 (876)#60 (104)#98 (29)#99 (74)#20 (975)#44 (189)#49 (137)
2016#17 (11,315)#79 (858)#59 (114)#68 (47)#128 (52)#21 (1,018)#38 (206)#55 (114)
2015#17 (12,299)#82 (818)#51 (129)#75 (46)#130 (47)#20 (1,042)#31 (247)#40 (134)
2014#18 (12,242)#100 (602)#92 (76)#145 (19)#231 (24)#23 (1,039)#35 (245)#35 (173)
2013#16 (12,610)#106 (578)#89 (71)#80 (40)#229 (24)#22 (1,051)#36 (240)#25 (197)
2012#21 (12,498)#113 (560)#100 (68)#125 (22)#379 (10)#29 (933)#36 (244)#35 (166)
2011#23 (12,408)#99 (647)#99 (68)#118 (24)#308 (14)#31 (888)#41 (223)#30 (170)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #16.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 260 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 260common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 560common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 990common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 250common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jackson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 290 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 270 to 1 in 310.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jackson by state, 2025Alaska: #27AKMaine: #32MEWisconsin: #22WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #17NHWashington: #47WAIdaho: #33IDMontana: #43MTNorth Dakota: #65NDMinnesota: #33MNIllinois: #36ILMichigan: #17MINew York: #55NYMassachusetts: #29MAOregon: #22ORNevada: #58NVWyoming: #20WYSouth Dakota: #22SDIowa: #28IAIndiana: #22INOhio: #23OHPennsylvania: #24PANew Jersey: #68NJConnecticut: #44CTRhode Island: #37RICalifornia: #67CAUtah: #27UTColorado: #24CONebraska: #45NEMissouri: #27MOKentucky: #22KYWest Virginia: #15WVVirginia: #26VAMaryland: #22MDDelaware: #68DEArizona: #58AZNew Mexico: #90NMKansas: #38KSArkansas: #19ARTennessee: #22TNNorth Carolina: #23NCSouth Carolina: #29SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #30OKLouisiana: #62LAMississippi: #34MSAlabama: #16ALGeorgia: #23GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #76TXFlorida: #48FL
Jackson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28268
Quebec2025#34176

Jackson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JacksonCanadaGirls—too few
JacksonCanadaBoys#31637
JacksonEngland & WalesBoys#138372
JacksonIrelandBoys#19824
JacksonNorthern IrelandBoys#15914
JacksonNSWBoys#9094
JacksonScotlandBoys#12935
JacksonUSGirls#7,13315
JacksonUSBoys#366,582
JacksonVICBoys—too few