NameTides

Jayson

Jayson was the #700 boys' name in the US in 2025 (384 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #699 in Canada.

Jayson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jayson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Jayson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#700 (384)#976 (31)———#699 (39)
2024#624 (454)#1,000 (30)#478 (6)—#520 (6)#586 (46)
2023#591 (485)#1,071 (27)———#710 (36)
2022#545 (543)#949 (32)———#465 (60)
2021#564 (502)#871 (35)#605 (4)—#755 (3)#513 (56)
2020#529 (540)#878 (33)———#501 (53)
2019#512 (558)#1,152 (23)#701 (3)——#399 (76)
2018#470 (620)#870 (35)#704 (3)#365 (4)#749 (3)#467 (59)
2017#471 (634)#861 (36)——#710 (3)#417 (72)
2016#483 (636)#946 (31)#707 (3)——#406 (74)
2015#407 (763)#950 (31)#588 (4)#415 (3)#554 (5)#504 (56)
2014#392 (795)#837 (36)#587 (4)—#609 (4)#464 (64)
2013#373 (817)#1,183 (21)#466 (6)—#711 (3)#374 (78)
2012#374 (810)#901 (33)——#500 (6)#515 (53)
2011#350 (855)#999 (27)#421 (7)—#540 (5)#391 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #334.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1922.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jayson is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jayson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #541OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #699CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #412FL
Jayson (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
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#84913

Jayson (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
JaysonCanadaBoys#69939
JaysonEngland & WalesBoys#97631
JaysonIrelandBoys—too few
JaysonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JaysonScotlandBoys—too few
JaysonUSGirls—too few
JaysonUSBoys#700384