Jason

What Jason means

Means “I heal”

From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Jason” (revision 94540488), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jason?

US: Falling: down from #86 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #163 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1974, when 54,756 boys got the name (#2 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 768 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,007 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,034 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 AK (4.84 per 1,000 boys), RI (3.2 per 1,000 boys), NV (2.48 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jason is #165 in the US and #187 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jason were boys.

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

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jayson384 US · 31 E&W
• Jaysen87 US
• Jacen30 US
• Jeison29 US
• Jaison16 US · 4 E&W
• Jeyson20 US
• Jasson20 US
• Jasen18 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.

Nicknames

• Jace
• Jase
• Jay

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Jason

Boys

• Alex#232Short form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Andrew#73“manly”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*
• Hector#409“holding fast”^*
• Alexander#30“to defend + man”^*

For a sister

• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Alexis#554“helper, defender”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*
• Kathryn#729Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Karina#749Form of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*

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