Jackson
Boy · JAK-son · English
Jackson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Jack”. In 2025 it ranked 136th for boys in the UK (421 babies) and 36th for boys in the US (6,582 babies).
What does Jackson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Jack”
The American painter Jackson Pollock is a well-known bearer of it as a first name.
- Say it
- JAK-son
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Is Jackson a girl's or a boy's name?
Jackson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 421 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 6,582 boys in the US.
How popular is Jackson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #136among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 421about 1 in 710 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 421 boys in the UK were named Jackson, making it the 136th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 87th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 1,019 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jackson than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Jackson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,355 boys in the UK were given Jackson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #45, up from #136 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 138th in England and Wales, 129th in Scotland and 159th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#100).
Jackson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 421 | #136 |
| 2024 | 474 | #129 |
| 2023 | 532 | #111 |
| 2022 | 677 | #92 |
| 2021 | 705 | #93 |
| 2020 | 734 | #87 |
| 2019 | 790 | #90 |
| 2018 | 891 | #80 |
| 2017 | 1,009 | #73 |
| 2016 | 1,019 | #75 |
| 2015 | 993 | #80 |
| 2014 | 697 | #101 |
| 2013 | 689 | #103 |
| 2012 | 650 | #111 |
| 2011 | 739 | #104 |
| 2010 | 512 | #135 |
| 2009 | 333 | #185 |
| 2008 | 308 | #186 |
| 2007 | 291 | #190 |
| 2006 | 277 | #186 |
| 2005 | 177 | #228 |
| 2004 | 179 | #227 |
| 2003 | 168 | #226 |
| 2002 | 165 | #217 |
| 2001 | 153 | #229 |
| 2000 | 107 | #291 |
| 1999 | 140 | #240 |
| 1998 | 99 | #298 |
| 1997 | 90 | #320 |
| 1996 | 74 | #349 |
How popular is Jackson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #36among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6,582about 1 in 260 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6,582 boys in the US were named Jackson, making it the 36th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 17th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12,610 boys. 15 girls were also named Jackson in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jackson than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Jackson in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12,661 boys in the US were given Jackson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #36 for this spelling alone.
Jackson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,582 | #36 |
| 2024 | 6,899 | #35 |
| 2023 | 7,334 | #28 |
| 2022 | 8,120 | #23 |
| 2021 | 9,287 | #14 |
| 2020 | 9,138 | #17 |
| 2019 | 10,176 | #17 |
| 2018 | 10,424 | #17 |
| 2017 | 10,469 | #20 |
| 2016 | 11,315 | #17 |
| 2015 | 12,299 | #17 |
| 2014 | 12,242 | #18 |
| 2013 | 12,610 | #16 |
| 2012 | 12,498 | #21 |
| 2011 | 12,408 | #23 |
| 2010 | 11,823 | #25 |
| 2009 | 12,123 | #27 |
| 2008 | 11,641 | #32 |
| 2007 | 11,666 | #33 |
| 2006 | 10,896 | #35 |
| 2005 | 9,580 | #44 |
| 2004 | 8,977 | #48 |
| 2003 | 8,713 | #52 |
| 2002 | 8,153 | #50 |
| 2001 | 6,836 | #60 |
| 2000 | 5,903 | #72 |
| 1999 | 4,993 | #83 |
| 1998 | 3,861 | #100 |
| 1997 | 3,126 | #124 |
| 1996 | 2,645 | #136 |
| 1995 | 2,163 | #161 |
| 1994 | 1,934 | #166 |
| 1993 | 1,539 | #198 |
| 1992 | 1,363 | #223 |
| 1991 | 1,177 | #241 |
| 1990 | 794 | #316 |
| 1989 | 495 | #421 |
| 1988 | 391 | #458 |
| 1987 | 343 | #479 |
| 1986 | 299 | #509 |
| 1985 | 293 | #509 |
| 1984 | 269 | #520 |
| 1983 | 275 | #509 |
| 1982 | 276 | #509 |
| 1981 | 300 | #482 |
| 1980 | 283 | #503 |
| 1979 | 261 | #523 |
| 1978 | 210 | #581 |
| 1977 | 201 | #597 |
| 1976 | 178 | #612 |
| 1975 | 143 | #692 |
| 1974 | 129 | #721 |
| 1973 | 133 | #694 |
| 1972 | 110 | #757 |
| 1971 | 107 | #785 |
| 1970 | 108 | #791 |
| 1969 | 85 | #833 |
| 1968 | 110 | #717 |
| 1967 | 94 | #758 |
| 1966 | 82 | #805 |
| 1965 | 103 | #732 |
| 1964 | 101 | #760 |
| 1963 | 109 | #740 |
| 1962 | 105 | #746 |
| 1961 | 91 | #796 |
| 1960 | 112 | #725 |
| 1959 | 117 | #709 |
| 1958 | 121 | #685 |
| 1957 | 130 | #664 |
| 1956 | 120 | #685 |
| 1955 | 127 | #652 |
| 1954 | 115 | #671 |
| 1953 | 132 | #623 |
| 1952 | 162 | #548 |
| 1951 | 159 | #536 |
| 1950 | 164 | #520 |
| 1949 | 158 | #530 |
| 1948 | 178 | #495 |
| 1947 | 187 | #492 |
| 1946 | 178 | #480 |
| 1945 | 168 | #457 |
| 1944 | 177 | #456 |
| 1943 | 206 | #437 |
| 1942 | 196 | #442 |
| 1941 | 177 | #437 |
| 1940 | 166 | #449 |
| 1939 | 162 | #451 |
| 1938 | 156 | #463 |
| 1937 | 159 | #442 |
| 1936 | 167 | #432 |
| 1935 | 168 | #433 |
| 1934 | 175 | #423 |
| 1933 | 155 | #445 |
| 1932 | 167 | #434 |
| 1931 | 188 | #410 |
| 1930 | 216 | #389 |
| 1929 | 202 | #414 |
| 1928 | 244 | #372 |
| 1927 | 199 | #430 |
| 1926 | 231 | #386 |
| 1925 | 249 | #378 |
| 1924 | 229 | #405 |
| 1923 | 269 | #363 |
| 1922 | 225 | #403 |
| 1921 | 246 | #385 |
| 1920 | 233 | #389 |
| 1919 | 235 | #378 |
| 1918 | 216 | #402 |
| 1917 | 206 | #391 |
| 1916 | 177 | #421 |
| 1915 | 175 | #405 |
| 1914 | 149 | #390 |
| 1913 | 107 | #418 |
| 1912 | 91 | #404 |
| 1911 | 46 | #426 |
| 1910 | 51 | #359 |
| 1909 | 38 | #397 |
| 1908 | 38 | #374 |
| 1907 | 52 | #294 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 36 | #337 |
| 1904 | 49 | #273 |
| 1903 | 34 | #322 |
| 1902 | 40 | #302 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | 60 | #266 |
| 1899 | 31 | #315 |
| 1898 | 26 | #385 |
| 1897 | 42 | #279 |
| 1896 | 32 | #331 |
| 1895 | 32 | #326 |
| 1894 | 32 | #308 |
| 1893 | 28 | #330 |
| 1892 | 32 | #329 |
| 1891 | 31 | #297 |
| 1890 | 25 | #351 |
| 1889 | 42 | #251 |
| 1888 | 36 | #297 |
| 1887 | 31 | #299 |
| 1886 | 43 | #258 |
| 1885 | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | 33 | #301 |
| 1883 | 34 | #282 |
| 1882 | 49 | #238 |
| 1881 | 28 | #307 |
| 1880 | 46 | #244 |
Nicknames for Jackson
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Other spellings of Jackson
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