Jackson

What Jackson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jackson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jackson?

US: Falling: down from #17 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #82 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 12,610 boys got the name (#16 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 260 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 731 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 561 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (11.93 per 1,000 boys), VT (11.55 per 1,000 boys), NH (10.21 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jackson is #36 in the US and #138 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.8% of US babies named Jackson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jakson15 US
• Jacksen12 US
• Jacksyn11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jackson

Boys

• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Rylan#416possibly “rye field”^*
• Mason#39From a surname for “a stonemason”^*

For a sister

• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Macie#438Editor’s note Down from #415 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jackson’s. Rank is US 2025.