Jakson — #4955 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jakson

The Social Security Administration has registered 884 babies named Jakson between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jakson currently holds the #4955 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jakson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Jakson in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 884 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.