Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jason

#28 most common boys' name of all time · #38 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#28
Rank overall
#38 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,057,058
Since 2016
32,356
Peak year
1977 #2
Best rank
#2 1974
Girls Boys peak 55,944/yr
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Jason is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 2,224 2,224 #165
2024 — 2,455 2,455 #148
2023 — 2,465 2,465 #147
2022 5 2,609 2,614 #146
2021 — 2,875 2,875 #129
2020 — 3,105 3,105 #119
2019 10 3,579 3,589 #103
2018 — 3,880 3,880 #99
2017 — 4,256 4,256 #92
2016 7 4,886 4,893 #84
2015 7 5,025 5,032 #86
2014 6 5,568 5,574 #75
2013 7 5,519 5,526 #79
2012 7 5,759 5,766 #76
2011 9 5,854 5,863 #71
2010 10 6,279 6,289 #69
2009 11 6,927 6,938 #66
2008 13 7,662 7,675 #60
2007 11 8,120 8,131 #59
2006 8 8,456 8,464 #55
2005 7 8,614 8,621 #51
2004 33 9,063 9,096 #47
2003 24 9,822 9,846 #42
2002 20 9,956 9,976 #42
2001 22 10,164 10,186 #41
2000 24 9,778 9,802 #39
1999 18 9,366 9,384 #40
1998 22 9,399 9,421 #40
1997 17 8,746 8,763 #41
1996 26 8,695 8,721 #41
1995 29 9,004 9,033 #41
1994 35 8,552 8,587 #46
1993 19 8,639 8,658 #45
1992 22 9,249 9,271 #46
1991 33 9,387 9,420 #49
1990 42 10,694 10,736 #46
1989 43 12,614 12,657 #35
1988 91 15,917 16,008 #27
1987 111 19,350 19,461 #23
1986 163 22,415 22,578 #18
1985 184 26,039 26,223 #14
1984 205 29,953 30,158 #11
1983 245 35,113 35,358 #7
1982 274 40,628 40,902 #4
1981 239 41,927 42,166 #4
1980 308 48,164 48,472 #3
1979 303 50,369 50,672 #3
1978 294 51,600 51,894 #2
1977 313 55,631 55,944 #2
1976 292 52,643 52,935 #2
1975 303 52,159 52,462 #2
1974 266 54,756 55,022 #2
1973 226 46,683 46,909 #3
1972 208 37,423 37,631 #7
1971 155 34,173 34,328 #8
1970 114 27,272 27,386 #13
1969 92 16,488 16,580 #25
1968 29 7,143 7,172 #47
1967 21 5,336 5,357 #54
1966 17 3,770 3,787 #89
1965 — 2,887 2,887 #111
1964 — 2,104 2,104 #155
1963 8 1,503 1,511 #198
1962 — 1,298 1,298 #213
1961 10 1,058 1,068 #242
1960 — 940 940 #259
1959 — 720 720 #292
1958 — 596 596 #311
1957 — 440 440 #367
1956 5 437 442 #353
1955 — 397 397 #366
1954 — 306 306 #412
1953 5 275 280 #421
1952 — 218 218 #470
1951 — 189 189 #493
1950 — 205 205 #466
1949 — 217 217 #455
1948 — 179 179 #493
1947 — 133 133 #590
1946 — 117 117 #594
1945 — 115 115 #559
1944 — 116 116 #569
1943 — 137 137 #538
1942 — 118 118 #567
1941 — 81 81 #678
1940 — 93 93 #617
1939 — 71 71 #708
1938 — 92 92 #621
1937 — 81 81 #662
1936 — 97 97 #588
1935 — 83 83 #652
1934 — 91 91 #632
1933 — 81 81 #644
1932 — 95 95 #607
1931 — 83 83 #657
1930 — 106 106 #582
1929 — 119 119 #534
1928 — 87 87 #677
1927 — 97 97 #645
1926 — 101 101 #622
1925 — 110 110 #600
1924 — 105 105 #623
1923 — 101 101 #638
1922 — 95 95 #659
1921 — 97 97 #656
1920 — 76 76 #757
1919 — 81 81 #690
1918 — 102 102 #608
1917 — 92 92 #617
1916 — 83 83 #642
1915 — 78 78 #658
1914 — 59 59 #659
1913 — 44 44 #681
1912 — 42 42 #651
1911 — 25 25 #608
1910 — 24 24 #587
1909 — 15 15 #720
1908 — 10 10 #890
1907 — 9 9 #937
1906 — 15 15 #622
1905 — 12 12 #700
1904 — 11 11 #732
1903 — 13 13 #627
1902 — 14 14 #590
1901 — 10 10 #692
1900 — 15 15 #654
1899 — 5 5 #1,065
1898 — 18 18 #486
1897 — 12 12 #625
1896 — 9 9 #784
1895 — 23 23 #407
1894 — 24 24 #380
1893 — 8 8 #779
1892 — 16 16 #503
1891 — 15 15 #459
1890 — 12 12 #574
1889 — 18 18 #435
1888 — 21 21 #409
1887 — 14 14 #465
1886 — 21 21 #389
1885 — 16 16 #465
1884 — 25 25 #357
1883 — 13 13 #501
1882 — 20 20 #406
1881 — 22 22 #356
1880 — 20 20 #386