first name
JAMISON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,241 people named Jamison, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 6.9% as two or more races. 90.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jamison peaked in 2017, when 756 babies got the name.
At least 22,740 babies have been given the name since 1931. 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.
Jamison by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #916. The largest share of babies named Jamison, 34.8%, 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 Jamison is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jamison has been most common in Utah (2.4×), Tennessee (2×), and North Carolina (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.39×).
18,303 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 Jamison
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jamison, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jamison ranks #1,307 of 156,621, with 26,400 people. See Jamison as a last name
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