Jayson
Jayson is ranked 622nd among boys in 2024 (454 births). Its best rank was 283rd, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- #622down 31 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4540.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2004963 births
- Best rank
- #283in 1979
- Since 1922
- 35,543people given the name
The story in the numbers
35,543 boys have been named Jayson in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 963 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 392 → 622).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 62 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jayson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 16 | |
| 1940s | 84 | |
| 1950s | 307 | |
| 1960s | 953 | |
| 1970s | 5,677 | |
| 1980s | 4,926 | |
| 1990s | 4,919 | |
| 2000s | 8,714 | |
| 2010s | 7,423 | |
| 2020s | 2,519 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Jayson was the 319th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Jayson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaisonpeak 2008
- Karlospeak 2005
- Stavrospeak 2007
- Evangelospeak 2010
- Romellpeak 2014
- Sanjaypeak 2006
- Quinceypeak 2002
- Yusefpeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.