Janson
Boy · JAN-sun · English
Janson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of John”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Janson mean?
English: surname, 'son of Jan (John)'
“son of John”
A patronymic surname meaning 'son of Jan', a Dutch and Scandinavian form of John.
- Say it
- JAN-sun
Is Janson a girl's or a boy's name?
Janson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Janson, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Janson in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Janson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
- Jansen 34
- Janson 17
Janson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
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