Boys' name · since 1996
Jazon
242 babies named Jazon in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,859 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 242
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jazon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 242 have been recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Jazon recorded 242 times among boys since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #11,859 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 242 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jazon ranks #11,859 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 242 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,859 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 242
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jazon's 242 recorded births place it above 73.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jazon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jazon's full recorded timeline at 2008, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jazon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jazon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (106 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Jazon's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jazon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 106 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Jazon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 28 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 Jazon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Jazon 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.