Jackson-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAK-son-JAYMZ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Jackson-James is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Jack + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Jackson-James mean?
English: Jackson + James
“son of Jack + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Jackson (English, “son of Jack”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Jackson and James.
Is Jackson-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Jackson-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jackson-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jackson-James, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jackson-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Jackson-James or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Jaxon-James 12
- Jackson-James 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jackson-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
Names like Jackson-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaxon, Tobias, Elias, Hunter, Hudson, Grayson, Frankie, Elijah, Jesse, Harris, Theodore, Joey
Other spellings of Jackson-James
Names related to Jackson-James
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jackson-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jackson-james, updated 20 October 2026.