first name
JACKSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 239,893 people named Jackson, 82.2% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jackson peaked in 2013, when 12,626 babies got the name.
At least 297,998 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jackson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #27. The largest share of babies named Jackson, 48.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jackson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jackson has been most common in Utah (2.1×), New Hampshire (1.8×), and Nevada (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.52×).
292,035 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jackson
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jackson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jackson ranks #20 of 156,621, with 686,937 people. See Jackson as a last name
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