Jackson
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Jackson
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, more than 13,000 baby boys were named Jackson -- along Jaxon, Jaxson, Jaxxon, Jaxen, Jaxyn, Jaxsen, and Jaxsyn -- which counted together makes it the Number 5 boys' name.
Jackson for boys#36 US
But Jackson in this spelling is starting to slip, now less popular than father names John and even 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 for girls#7271 US
No, Jackson is not the latest crazy name the girls are stealing from the boys. Oddly enough, Jackson was given to MORE girls a decade ago than it was last year, probably as a family name or as a tribute to the musicians. But Jackson's extreme popularity as a boys' name has probably made it feel less possible for girls.
There have been some extremely popular baby names for girls -- Addison, Madison, Allison -- that originated as patronymics and literally mean "son of." And there's nothing gender-neutral about that.
Pronounced JAK-sun.
As of October 2026, Jackson ranked #36 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #215.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #18 | 12,240 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #17 | 12,293 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #17 | 11,311 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #20 | 10,466 | #4,977 | 27 |
| 2018 | #17 | 10,423 | #4,702 | 29 |
| 2019 | #17 | 10,169 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #17 | 9,131 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #14 | 9,279 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #23 | 8,114 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #28 | 7,325 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #35 | 6,876 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #36 | 6,582 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Jackson on lists
Famous Jacksons
- Jackson NashBoy
son of musician Graham Nash
- (Monroe) Jackson RathboneBoy
American actor
- (Clyde) Jackson BrowneBoy
American singer,songwriter
- (Paul) Jackson PollockBoy
American painter
- (Jackson) DeForest KelleyBoy
American actor
- Jackson Ryan HurstBoy
American actor
- Jackson Reid OdellBoy
American actor
- Jackson WangBoy
Chinese rapper, dancer, and television personality; member of the South Korean boy band Got7
- Jackson GuthyBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Jackson Frayn "Jack" HarriesBoy
English actor & vlogger
- Jackson Keith "Jamaal" WilkesBoy
American basketball player
- Jackson Smith (b. 1982)Boy
son of singers Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith
- Jackson James White (b. 1996)Boy
son of actress Katey Sagal and Jack White
- Jackson Lee (b. 1997)Boy
son of director Spike Lee
- Jackson Scott "Jack" Willis (b. 1998)Boy
5th child of the family band The Willis Clan
- Jackson Spiner (b. 2002)Boy
son of actor Brent Spiner
- Jackson McCormack (b. 2003)Boy
son of singer Gina Jeffreys and Rod McCormack
- Jackson Mohr (b. 2003)Boy
son of actor/comedian Jay Mohr
- Jackson Ezekiel Bates (b. 2003)Boy
12th child (5th son) of reality TV's Bates family
- Jackson Levi Duggar (b. 2004)Boy
15th child of reality TV's Duggar family
- Jackson Koch (b. 2005)Boy
son of singer Kellie Coffey and Geoff Koch
- Jackson Carpinello (b. 2005)Boy
son of actors Amy Acker and James Carpinello
- Jackson "Sonny" Miller (b. 2006)Boy
son of actors Ben Miller and Belinda Stewart,Wilson
- Jackson John Frieda (b. 2007)Boy
son of hairstylist John Frieda
- Jackson Phillip Deveraux Montgomery Kaufman (b. 2007)Boy
son of actors Adam Kaufman and Poppy Montgomery
- Jackson James Daly (b. 2009)Boy
son of TV host Carson Daly
- Jackson Kayse Wolf (b. 2009)Boy
son of actor Scott Wolf and reality TV personality Kelley Limp
- Jackson Robert Money (b. 2009)Boy
son of actress Emme Rylan and Don Money
- Jackson Lloyd Packer (b. 2010)Boy
son of singer Erica Packer and mogul James Packer
- Jackson Theron (b. 2011)Boy
son of actress Charlize Theron
- Jackson Wright Henson (b. 2011)Boy
son of comedian John Henson
- Jackson Anthony Bosh (b. 2012)Boy
son of basketball player Chris Bosh and Adrienne Williams
- Jackson Jay "JJ" Croft (b. 2012)Boy
son of actors Jamie Croft and Saskia Burmeister
- Jackson Dunkleman (b. 2013)Boy
son of TV host Brian Dunkleman
- Jackson Clark Mecham (b. 2014)Boy
son of vloggers Ellie & Jared
- Jackson Khai Nguyen (b. 2015)Boy
son of vloggers Khoa Nguyen and Keren Swanson
- Jackson Kyle Roloff (b. 2017)Boy
son of reality TV's Zach and Tori Roloff
- Andrew JacksonBoy
7th President of the U.S.
- Stonewall JacksonBoy
American Civil War general
Jackson in pop culture
- Jackson "Jax" TellerBoy
main character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
- Jackson StewartBoy
character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
- Jackson MaineBoy
main character in 2018 film "A Star is Born"
- Jackson AveryBoy
surgeon on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Jackson GibbsBoy
father of Leroy Gibbs on TV's "NCIS"
- Jackson HaisleyBoy
character on TV's "The Agency"
- Jackson CurtisBoy
main character in film "2012"
- Jackson "Jack" RippnerBoy
villain of "Red Eye," played by Cillian Murphy
- Jackson "Jax" BriggsBoy
character in video game series "Mortal Kombat"
- Jackson KennerBoy
character on TV's "The Originals", husband of Hayley Marshall
- Jackson WhittemoreBoy
character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- Jackson MeyerBoy
main character of the "Tempest" series by Julie Cross
- Jackson JekyllBoy
son of Dr. and Mrs. Jekyll in "Monster High" show and series
- Jackson OzBoy
main character in TV show "Zoo"
- Jackson FullerBoy
character on Netflix,series "Fuller House"
- "Miss JacksonBoy
" song by Panic! At The Disco
- Beauregard Jackson Pickett BurnsideBoy
character in "Mame"
- Percy Jackson and the OlympiansBoy
book series by Rick Riordan
- JacksonBoy
town in Wyoming.