Jason — #148 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jason

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,049,831 babies named Jason between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jason currently holds the #148 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 55,636 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jason performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 462,749 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jason shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 117,528 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jason in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jason 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 1,049,831 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.