Jayson
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Jayson
Part Jason, part Jayce, this name has been among the Top 500 names for boys near-consistently since the late 1960s. While it's a reasonable spelling especially if you're naming your son after someone named Jay or another name that starts with the letter J, it's one of those names that will eternally need to be spelled out for people. But then again, so are classics like Elisabeth and Sara and Jon.
Jayson is also given to girls.
Pronounced JAY-sun.
As of October 2026, Jayson ranked #16700 in US births in 2018 SSA, peaked at #7472 in 1975.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #392 | 795 | 413.9 |
| 2015 | #407 | 763 | 398.1 |
| 2016 | #483 | 636 | 335.1 |
| 2017 | #471 | 634 | 342.5 |
| 2018 | #470 | 620 | 341.4 |
| 2019 | #512 | 558 | 311 |
| 2020 | #529 | 539 | 312.3 |
| 2021 | #564 | 501 | 286.4 |
| 2022 | #548 | 541 | 309.8 |
| 2023 | #591 | 484 | 282.9 |
| 2024 | #622 | 454 | 263.5 |
| 2025 | #700 | 384 | 224.8 |
World rankings
Jayson for boys
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