How Many People Are Named Jackson?
people named Jackson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,193 people in the US has this name
Based on 297,998 babies named Jackson in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
12,626 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "son of JACK". A famous bearer of the surname was American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jackson in English. Counting Jackson and these spellings together, about 467,642 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jackson (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jackson alive today is about 15 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jackson first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2013, to 12,626 babies. In 2025, 6,597 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jackson never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #14, in 2021, and it was in the top 100 for 28 years, 1998 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #36.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #36 |
| Best rank | #14 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | 28 (1998 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #19 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jackson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jackson were born in California than in any other state: about 23,007 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jackson was given 2 times as often in Vermont, 1.9 times in New Hampshire and 1.7 times in Alabama.
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