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.

# 28 in the US

Jackson Rank in US Top 1000

# 252 on Nameberry

Jackson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Jackson Popularity

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

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.