first name
JAYSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,468 people named Jayson, 51.7% reported their origin as White, 21.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jayson peaked in 2004, when 963 babies got the name.
At least 35,968 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.
Jayson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #706. The largest share of babies named Jayson, 37%, 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 Jayson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jayson has been most common in Hawaii (3.8×), Utah (2.2×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in West Virginia (0.3×).
32,820 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 Jayson
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jayson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jayson ranks #50,714 of 156,621, with 445 people. See Jayson as a last name
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