first name
JAMESON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,850 people named Jameson, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% as two or more races. 97.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jameson peaked in 2019, when 4,708 babies got the name.
At least 63,091 babies have been given the name since 1922. 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.
Jameson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #156. The largest share of babies named Jameson, 73.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Jameson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jameson has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), New Hampshire (2.8×), and Alaska (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.43×).
59,678 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 Jameson
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jameson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jameson ranks #2,785 of 156,621, with 12,595 people. See Jameson as a last name
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