Jamison — #758 US boys' name
20,467 babies named Jamison in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Jamison was born in this single decade.
712 babies were named Jamison in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamison
The Social Security Administration has registered 20,467 babies named Jamison between 1931 and 2024, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamison currently holds the #758 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 712 babies received it in a single year. Jamison is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,931 additional births since 1956.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamison performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,346 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jamison shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,265 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamison in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamison 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 20,467 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.
Jamison at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamison popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1931
- Peak year (2017)
- 712
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
Currently ranks #758 among boys.
20,467 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 712 births in a single year.
Jamison popularity over time — girls
1,931 total births recorded since 1956 (Jamison as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jamison accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamison by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 6,346 births that decade — 31% of Jamison's all-time total
Jamison decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,346 births
- Runner-up 4,098 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jamison's strongest decade
6,346 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Jamison by state
Where Jamison concentrates geographically — total births since 1931
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,265 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,032 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 959 | 4.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 891 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 837 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 795 | 3.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 791 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 737 | 3.6% |
1,265 of 20,467 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.2% of nationwide
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jamison appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1931–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.