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Jameson

Boy · JAY-mi-son · English

Jameson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of James”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 137th for boys in the US (2,609 babies).

What does Jameson mean?

English: Scottish and English surname

“son of James”

Also known from Jameson Irish whiskey, founded in Dublin by the Scot John Jameson in 1780.

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JAY-mi-son

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

Jameson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 2,609 boys in the US.

How popular is Jameson in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,162among boys
Babies in 2025
27about 1 in 11,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Jameson, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 42 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jameson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 42 in 20212025
Jameson in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202527#1,162
202427#1,137
202333#1,008
202237#923
202142#844
202032#981
201938#875
201831#1,017
201739#889
201622#1,309
201521#1,324
201421#1,308
201320#1,347
201218#1,478
201124#1,164
201020#1,342
200916#1,507
200817#1,436
200710#1,987
200617#1,302
20058#2,090
20049#1,831
20039#1,723
20024#2,751
20010–
20006#1,977
19996#1,941
19983#3,021
19976#1,853
19964#2,442

How popular is Jameson in the US?

Rank in 2025
#137among boys
Babies in 2025
2,609about 1 in 650 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
2.1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,609 boys in the US were named Jameson, making it the 137th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 79th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4,674 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922. 21 girls were also named Jameson in 2025 (5,721st for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jameson than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Jameson in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1922Busiest: 4,674 in 20192025
Jameson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,609#137
20243,036#118
20233,488#102
20224,079#85
20214,309#80
20204,406#79
20194,674#77
20184,252#91
20173,932#100
20163,284#128
20152,854#144
20142,600#160
20132,236#181
20121,823#208
20111,664#210
20101,229#277
20091,005#317
2008811#378
2007779#388
2006668#425
2005513#486
2004465#516
2003403#556
2002318#619
2001306#620
2000233#734
1999223#729
1998239#700
1997242#673
1996222#711
1995243#674
1994229#686
1993235#671
1992205#718
1991278#610
1990233#658
1989230#657
1988260#573
1987294#521
1986368#454
1985422#415
1984369#436
1983328#462
1982129#777
198191#938
198080#1,010
197984#965
197867#1,060
197790#895
197678#942
197575#945
197477#923
197375#932
197273#943
197169#979
197057#1,080
196965#951
196821#1,730
196714#2,138
196616#1,962
196512#2,364
19646#3,600
19637#3,317
196214#2,185
196110#2,704
19607#3,335
19598#3,036
19580–
195713#2,273
19560–
19555#3,884
195411#2,448
195311#2,390
19520–
19510–
19505#3,678
19496#3,296
19480–
19475#3,731
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19226#3,870

Nicknames for Jameson

Names like Jameson

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

Jaxon Grayson Hudson Mason Harrison Jenson Hunter Tobias Sebastian Jude Jonah Marley

Other spellings of Jameson

Jamesen

Names related to Jameson

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