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Jacson

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAK-son
Origin
English

Jacson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Jack”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jacson mean?

English: variant of Jackson, surname meaning son of Jack

“son of Jack”

Variant spelling of Jackson, an English surname meaning son of Jack, a medieval pet form of John.

Is Jacson a girl's or a boy's name?

Jacson is a boys' name.

How popular is Jacson in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 boys.

2009Busiest: 5 in 20102022
Jacson in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20221#6,413
20214#4,188
20200–
20193#4,913
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20134#4,008
20120–
20110–
20105#3,478
20093#4,691

How popular is Jacson in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.

Half of all the boys named Jacson in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1977Busiest: 17 in 20092022
Jacson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202211#7,256
20215#12,141
20200–
201910#7,638
20180–
20170–
20166#10,739
201510#7,486
20147#9,636
201311#7,021
20127#9,703
201110#7,495
20107#9,686
200917#5,332
200815#5,762
200710#7,586
200610#7,422
200510#7,089
20046#9,941
20036#9,574
20028#7,636
200110#6,438
20008#7,409
199910#6,036
19980–
19975#9,259
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19798#4,401
19780–
19776#5,121

Nicknames for Jacson

Names like Jacson

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jacson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacson, updated 20 October 2026.