Boys' name · since 1990
Jakson
Jakson has 900 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,502 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,988 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 900
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jakson currently ranks #5988 among boys' names in America, with 900 babies recorded since 1990.
Jakson has 900 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5988 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #5,502 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,988 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 900 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakson ranks #5,502 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,988 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 900 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,502 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,988 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 900
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jakson's 900 recorded births place it above 87.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jakson compares
900 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jakson's all-time total is 144% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jakson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 900 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jakson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jakson's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 57, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jakson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Jakson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (398 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Jakson's strongest decade.
398 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jakson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
341 births
- 2010s
2010s
398 births
- 2020s 118
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 398 births (44% of all-time use).
How Jakson compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jakson's total volume
Jakson by state
Where Jakson concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 34 | 3.8% |
| #2 | California | | 14 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Utah | | 5 | 0.6% |
34 of 900 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Jakson's data
- Jakson's decade-level peak was the 2010s (398 total births); usage has since declined to 118 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jaksons (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jakson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jakson draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.