Jakson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAK-son
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Jakson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Jack”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Jakson mean?
English: spelling of Jackson; English surname
“son of Jack”
The American painter Jackson Pollock is a well-known bearer of it as a first name.
Meaning borrowed from Jackson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jakson a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakson in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jakson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Jakson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jakson, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Jakson in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12,661 boys in the US were given Jakson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Jakson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Nicknames for Jakson
Names like Jakson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaxon, Hudson, Mason, Jenson, Grayson, River, Harrison, Jayden, Marley, Ayaan, Aarav, Cooper
Other spellings of Jakson
Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson, Jaxxon, Jaxen, Jaxyn, Jaxsen, Jaxsyn, Jaxin, Jaxxson, Jacksen
Names related to Jakson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Ellie
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, “Jakson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakson, updated 20 October 2026.