NameTides

Jason

Jason was the #165 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,224 babies), and #187 in England & Wales and #230 in Canada.

Jason as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaNorthern Ireland
Jason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#165 (2,224)#187 (270)#219 (19)#314 (5)#135 (40)#230 (150)—
2024#148 (2,455)#197 (253)#199 (21)#305 (5)#162 (31)#176 (193)—
2023#147 (2,465)#174 (294)#185 (24)#232 (8)#193 (26)#147 (213)—
2022#146 (2,609)#200 (256)#209 (20)#264 (7)#151 (38)#162 (214)—
2021#129 (2,875)#210 (251)#186 (25)#226 (9)#148 (40)#165 (220)—
2020#119 (3,105)#213 (240)#204 (21)#304 (5)#147 (39)#134 (261)—
2019#103 (3,579)#175 (302)#179 (29)#209 (10)#151 (38)#136 (271)—
2018#99 (3,880)#174 (311)#193 (25)#135 (18)#119 (54)#152 (246)—
2017#92 (4,256)#179 (314)#163 (36)#250 (7)#114 (57)#143 (270)—
2016#84 (4,886)#170 (340)#162 (36)#180 (13)#98 (71)#103 (368)—
2015#86 (5,025)#163 (355)#138 (43)#142 (19)#113 (62)#107 (368)—
2014#75 (5,568)#162 (353)#143 (43)#164 (16)#103 (72)#107 (379)—
2013#79 (5,519)#155 (372)#154 (36)#132 (20)#89 (86)#111 (359)—
2012#76 (5,759)#165 (359)#150 (39)#147 (18)#86 (94)#113 (354)—
2011#71 (5,854)#159 (360)#140 (42)#177 (14)#71 (114)#123 (329)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 770 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 770common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jason is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 760 to 1 in 840.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jason by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #235WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #157WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #218MNIllinois: #171ILMichigan: #178MINew York: #153NYMassachusetts: #105MAOregon: #163ORNevada: #109NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #175IAIndiana: #150INOhio: #208OHPennsylvania: #130PANew Jersey: #157NJConnecticut: #128CTRhode Island: #112RICalifornia: #135CAUtah: #255UTColorado: #278CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #192MOKentucky: #147KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #137VAMaryland: #112MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #179AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #175KSArkansas: #189ARTennessee: #194TNNorth Carolina: #200NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #165MSAlabama: #207ALGeorgia: #175GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #163TXFlorida: #128FL
Jason (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#15487
Quebec2025#22424

Jason (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
JasonCanadaGirls—too few
JasonCanadaBoys#230150
JasonEngland & WalesBoys#187270
JasonIrelandBoys#13540
JasonNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
JasonNSWBoys—too few
JasonScotlandBoys#21919
JasonUSGirls—too few
JasonUSBoys#1652,224