Jackson

English

"son of Jack"

Jackson Origin and Meaning

The name Jackson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Jack".

Jackson is one of those names that's much more popular than you think, coming in near the top of our annual Playground Analysis, which ranks names by grouping all their spellings together. Last year, nearly 17,000 baby boys were named Jackson -- along Jaxon, Jaxson, Jaxxon, Jaxen, Jaxyn, Jaxsen, and Jaxsyn -- which counted together makes it the Number 3 boys' name.

Jackson in this spelling is now slightly more popular than father name John, from which it's derived, though slightly less popular than Jack, which it's often shortened to.

With its gentleman cowboy feel, Jackson is now popular throughout the English-speaking world, though it fails to achieve the true international popularity of other top boys' names such as Lucas, Leo, and even Liam.

It's been chosen over the years by several celebrities for their sons, including Spike Lee, Poppy Montgomery, Carson Daly, Maria Bello, Natalie Maines, Scott Wolf, Maya Rudolph, Katey Sagal, and Charlize Theron, though its heyday as a celebrity baby name was at least a decade ago.

One of the most common surnames in America, it's got a presidential ring via Andrew Jackson and an artistic one through Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock, whose real name was Paul Jackson Pollock.

Jackson Rank in US Top 1000

# 28 in the US

Jackson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 257 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jackson

• 28 US 2023
• 257 Nameberry 2025
• 22 Canada 2023
• 19 Future 2028
• 113 England 2023
• 106 Scotland 2023
• 99 Ireland 2017
• 60 Australia 2023
• 62 New Zealand 2024
• 61 Dogs 2022
• 84 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Jackson

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jackson.

• Mason
• Ryan
• Austin
• Cameron
• Connor
• Dylan
• Logan
• Carter
• Riley
• Jordan
• Cole
• Cody
• Chase
• Blake
• Jake
• Cooper
• Tyler
• Jayden
• Landon
• Aiden

Famous People Named Jackson

• Jackson Nash son of musician Graham Nash
• (Monroe) Jackson Rathbone American actor
• (Clyde) Jackson Browne American singer,songwriter
• (Paul) Jackson Pollock American painter
• (Jackson) DeForest Kelley American actor
• Jackson Ryan Hurst American actor
• Jackson Reid Odell American actor
• Jackson Wang Chinese rapper, dancer, and television personality; member of the South Korean boy band Got7
• Jackson Guthy American singer,songwriter
• Jackson Frayn "Jack" Harries English actor & vlogger
• Jackson Keith "Jamaal" Wilkes American basketball player
• Jackson Smith (b. 1982) son of singers Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith
• Jackson James White (b. 1996) son of actress Katey Sagal and Jack White
• Jackson Lee (b. 1997) son of director Spike Lee
• Jackson Scott "Jack" Willis (b. 1998) 5th child of the family band The Willis Clan
• Jackson Spiner (b. 2002) son of actor Brent Spiner
• Jackson McCormack (b. 2003) son of singer Gina Jeffreys and Rod McCormack
• Jackson Mohr (b. 2003) son of actor/comedian Jay Mohr
• Jackson Ezekiel Bates (b. 2003) 12th child (5th son) of reality TV's Bates family
• Jackson Levi Duggar (b. 2004) 15th child of reality TV's Duggar family
• Jackson Koch (b. 2005) son of singer Kellie Coffey and Geoff Koch
• Jackson Carpinello (b. 2005) son of actors Amy Acker and James Carpinello
• Jackson "Sonny" Miller (b. 2006) son of actors Ben Miller and Belinda Stewart,Wilson
• Jackson John Frieda (b. 2007) son of hairstylist John Frieda
• Jackson Phillip Deveraux Montgomery Kaufman (b. 2007) son of actors Adam Kaufman and Poppy Montgomery
• Jackson James Daly (b. 2009) son of TV host Carson Daly
• Jackson Kayse Wolf (b. 2009) son of actor Scott Wolf and reality TV personality Kelley Limp
• Jackson Robert Money (b. 2009) son of actress Emme Rylan and Don Money
• Jackson Lloyd Packer (b. 2010) son of singer Erica Packer and mogul James Packer
• Jackson Theron (b. 2011) son of actress Charlize Theron
• Jackson Wright Henson (b. 2011) son of comedian John Henson
• Jackson Anthony Bosh (b. 2012) son of basketball player Chris Bosh and Adrienne Williams
• Jackson Jay "JJ" Croft (b. 2012) son of actors Jamie Croft and Saskia Burmeister
• Jackson Dunkleman (b. 2013) son of TV host Brian Dunkleman
• Jackson Clark Mecham (b. 2014) son of vloggers Ellie & Jared
• Jackson Khai Nguyen (b. 2015) son of vloggers Khoa Nguyen and Keren Swanson
• Jackson Kyle Roloff (b. 2017) son of reality TV's Zach and Tori Roloff
• Andrew Jackson 7th President of the U.S.
• Stonewall Jackson American Civil War general

The name Jackson in Pop Culture

• Jackson "Jax" Teller main character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
• Jackson Stewart character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
• Jackson Maine main character in 2018 film "A Star is Born"
• Jackson Avery surgeon on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• Jackson Gibbs father of Leroy Gibbs on TV's "NCIS"
• Jackson Haisley character on TV's "The Agency"
• Jackson Curtis main character in film "2012"
• Jackson "Jack" Rippner villain of "Red Eye," played by Cillian Murphy
• Jackson "Jax" Briggs character in video game series "Mortal Kombat"
• Jackson Kenner character on TV's "The Originals", husband of Hayley Marshall
• Jackson Whittemore character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
• Jackson Meyer main character of the "Tempest" series by Julie Cross
• Jackson Jekyll son of Dr. and Mrs. Jekyll in "Monster High" show and series
• Jackson Oz main character in TV show "Zoo"
• Jackson Fuller character on Netflix,series "Fuller House"
• "Miss Jackson " song by Panic! At The Disco
• Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside character in "Mame"
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series by Rick Riordan
• Jackson town in Wyoming.