Popularity of the name Jason, 1880–2025
Jason was at its most popular in 1974, when 54,756 boys were given the name: about 1 in 29 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #2. In 2025, 2,224 boys were named Jason, ranking #165. In all, Social Security counts 1,052,030 boys named Jason since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 5,028 girls named Jason.
- Peak year
- 1974
- Rank in 1974
- #2
- Babies in 1974
- 54,756
- Rank in 2025
- #165
- Total since 1880
- 1,052,030
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name slipped from #86 in 2015 to #165 in 2025: 5,025 boys got it in 2015, and 2,224 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade was the 1970s, when 462,709 boys were named Jason, #3 for the decade. It ranked #407 in the 1880s and #141 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 20 in 1880 (#381), 15 in 1900 (#649), 76 in 1920 (#754), 93 in 1940 (#616), 940 in 1960 (#259), 48,164 in 1980 (#3), 9,778 in 2000 (#39) and 3,105 in 2020 (#119).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 55,631, in 1977. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more boys for 1977 than for 1974, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank, #2, came in its peak year.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Jason, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 20 | #381 |
| 1881 | 22 | #348 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1884 | 25 | #352 |
| 1885 | 16 | #462 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1888 | 21 | #404 |
| 1889 | 18 | #434 |
| 1890 | 12 | #566 |
| 1891 | 15 | #456 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1894 | 24 | #376 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,051 |
| 1900 | 15 | #649 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1902 | 14 | #583 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1907 | 9 | #930 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1910 | 24 | #582 |
| 1911 | 25 | #605 |
| 1912 | 42 | #649 |
| 1913 | 44 | #681 |
| 1914 | 59 | #658 |
| 1915 | 78 | #657 |
| 1916 | 83 | #641 |
| 1917 | 92 | #617 |
| 1918 | 102 | #608 |
| 1919 | 81 | #690 |
| 1920 | 76 | #754 |
| 1921 | 97 | #656 |
| 1922 | 95 | #657 |
| 1923 | 101 | #638 |
| 1924 | 105 | #622 |
| 1925 | 110 | #600 |
| 1926 | 101 | #622 |
| 1927 | 97 | #643 |
| 1928 | 87 | #676 |
| 1929 | 119 | #534 |
| 1930 | 106 | #582 |
| 1931 | 83 | #656 |
| 1932 | 95 | #607 |
| 1933 | 81 | #642 |
| 1934 | 91 | #630 |
| 1935 | 83 | #652 |
| 1936 | 97 | #586 |
| 1937 | 81 | #661 |
| 1938 | 92 | #620 |
| 1939 | 71 | #707 |
| 1940 | 93 | #616 |
| 1941 | 81 | #678 |
| 1942 | 118 | #566 |
| 1943 | 137 | #536 |
| 1944 | 116 | #569 |
| 1945 | 115 | #558 |
| 1946 | 117 | #592 |
| 1947 | 133 | #590 |
| 1948 | 179 | #492 |
| 1949 | 217 | #454 |
| 1950 | 205 | #466 |
| 1951 | 189 | #493 |
| 1952 | 218 | #469 |
| 1953 | 275 | #420 |
| 1954 | 306 | #411 |
| 1955 | 397 | #365 |
| 1956 | 437 | #353 |
| 1957 | 440 | #367 |
| 1958 | 596 | #311 |
| 1959 | 720 | #292 |
| 1960 | 940 | #259 |
| 1961 | 1,058 | #242 |
| 1962 | 1,298 | #213 |
| 1963 | 1,503 | #197 |
| 1964 | 2,104 | #155 |
| 1965 | 2,887 | #111 |
| 1966 | 3,770 | #89 |
| 1967 | 5,336 | #54 |
| 1968 | 7,143 | #47 |
| 1969 | 16,488 | #25 |
| 1970 | 27,272 | #13 |
| 1971 | 34,173 | #8 |
| 1972 | 37,423 | #7 |
| 1973 | 46,683 | #3 |
| 1974 | 54,756 | #2 |
| 1975 | 52,159 | #2 |
| 1976 | 52,643 | #2 |
| 1977 | 55,631 | #2 |
| 1978 | 51,600 | #2 |
| 1979 | 50,369 | #3 |
| 1980 | 48,164 | #3 |
| 1981 | 41,927 | #4 |
| 1982 | 40,628 | #4 |
| 1983 | 35,113 | #7 |
| 1984 | 29,953 | #11 |
| 1985 | 26,039 | #14 |
| 1986 | 22,415 | #18 |
| 1987 | 19,350 | #23 |
| 1988 | 15,917 | #27 |
| 1989 | 12,614 | #35 |
| 1990 | 10,694 | #46 |
| 1991 | 9,387 | #49 |
| 1992 | 9,249 | #46 |
| 1993 | 8,639 | #45 |
| 1994 | 8,552 | #46 |
| 1995 | 9,004 | #41 |
| 1996 | 8,695 | #41 |
| 1997 | 8,746 | #41 |
| 1998 | 9,399 | #40 |
| 1999 | 9,366 | #40 |
| 2000 | 9,778 | #39 |
| 2001 | 10,164 | #41 |
| 2002 | 9,956 | #42 |
| 2003 | 9,822 | #42 |
| 2004 | 9,063 | #47 |
| 2005 | 8,614 | #51 |
| 2006 | 8,456 | #55 |
| 2007 | 8,120 | #59 |
| 2008 | 7,662 | #60 |
| 2009 | 6,927 | #66 |
| 2010 | 6,279 | #69 |
| 2011 | 5,854 | #71 |
| 2012 | 5,759 | #76 |
| 2013 | 5,519 | #79 |
| 2014 | 5,568 | #75 |
| 2015 | 5,025 | #86 |
| 2016 | 4,886 | #84 |
| 2017 | 4,256 | #92 |
| 2018 | 3,880 | #99 |
| 2019 | 3,579 | #103 |
| 2020 | 3,105 | #119 |
| 2021 | 2,875 | #129 |
| 2022 | 2,609 | #146 |
| 2023 | 2,465 | #147 |
| 2024 | 2,455 | #148 |
| 2025 | 2,224 | #165 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.