Boys' name · since 1972
Jamason
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 229 babies named Jamason, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,157 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 229
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
229 boys have been named Jamason since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jamason has 229 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1972 to 2020.
- #12,157 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 229 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamason ranks #12,157 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 229 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,157 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 229
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jamason's 229 recorded births place it above 73.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamason's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jamason splits its recorded history at 2001: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jamason popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2020
- Peak year (2012)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Jamason by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Jamason's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Jamason births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Jamason's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jamason: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~48 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, 1972–2020 (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 Jamason 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.