Jayson
Boy · JAY-son · Greek
Jayson is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “healer”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 700th for boys in the US (384 babies).
What does Jayson mean?
Greek: spelling of Jason
“healer”
- Say it
- JAY-son
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Is Jayson a girl's or a boy's name?
Jayson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 384 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jayson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,055among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Jayson, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 42 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jayson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 329 boys in the UK were given Jayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #188, up from #1,055 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.
Jayson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 36 | #942 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 39 | #878 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 42 | #842 |
| 2017 | 36 | #936 |
| 2016 | 34 | #973 |
| 2015 | 38 | #891 |
| 2014 | 40 | #850 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,088 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 34 | #929 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 26 | #986 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 25 | #730 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Jayson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #700among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 384about 1 in 4,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 384 boys in the US were named Jayson, making it the 700th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 529th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 963 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jayson than any year since 1993.
Half of all the boys named Jayson in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,940 boys in the US were given Jayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #135, up from #700 for this spelling alone.
Jayson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 384 | #700 |
| 2024 | 454 | #624 |
| 2023 | 485 | #591 |
| 2022 | 543 | #545 |
| 2021 | 502 | #564 |
| 2020 | 540 | #529 |
| 2019 | 558 | #512 |
| 2018 | 620 | #470 |
| 2017 | 634 | #471 |
| 2016 | 636 | #483 |
| 2015 | 763 | #407 |
| 2014 | 795 | #392 |
| 2013 | 817 | #373 |
| 2012 | 810 | #374 |
| 2011 | 855 | #350 |
| 2010 | 936 | #334 |
| 2009 | 910 | #345 |
| 2008 | 962 | #341 |
| 2007 | 897 | #353 |
| 2006 | 864 | #351 |
| 2005 | 923 | #330 |
| 2004 | 963 | #319 |
| 2003 | 894 | #328 |
| 2002 | 833 | #330 |
| 2001 | 759 | #352 |
| 2000 | 709 | #370 |
| 1999 | 719 | #363 |
| 1998 | 725 | #360 |
| 1997 | 559 | #414 |
| 1996 | 484 | #454 |
| 1995 | 446 | #485 |
| 1994 | 418 | #492 |
| 1993 | 377 | #525 |
| 1992 | 411 | #493 |
| 1991 | 395 | #496 |
| 1990 | 385 | #496 |
| 1989 | 402 | #473 |
| 1988 | 399 | #451 |
| 1987 | 425 | #425 |
| 1986 | 462 | #394 |
| 1985 | 517 | #357 |
| 1984 | 477 | #369 |
| 1983 | 502 | #354 |
| 1982 | 583 | #328 |
| 1981 | 550 | #337 |
| 1980 | 608 | #315 |
| 1979 | 713 | #283 |
| 1978 | 598 | #302 |
| 1977 | 648 | #299 |
| 1976 | 610 | #298 |
| 1975 | 615 | #306 |
| 1974 | 625 | #298 |
| 1973 | 573 | #305 |
| 1972 | 461 | #366 |
| 1971 | 431 | #388 |
| 1970 | 403 | #402 |
| 1969 | 246 | #492 |
| 1968 | 135 | #649 |
| 1967 | 114 | #696 |
| 1966 | 102 | #730 |
| 1965 | 90 | #777 |
| 1964 | 58 | #989 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 60 | #983 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,103 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Nicknames for Jayson
- Jay 83 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jayson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaxon Grayson Mason Lucas Hudson Jenson Sebastian Joey Jonah Austin Ali Jude
Other spellings of Jayson
Jason Jaison Jaysen Jaycen Jacen Jeison Jaceion Jasson Jeyson Jasen
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