Jackson

“Son of Jack” — English, patronymic surname origin

Boy's name · #36 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Jackson reached its best rank, #14, in 2021 and ranked #36 in 2025. Roughly 297,000 boys have been named Jackson since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Jaxx is a short form of Jackson. Together with its spelling variants Jaxon (#115) and Jaxson (#156), Jackson would rank around #5 with about 12,000 births last year — the newborns split about 54/26/20 across Jackson, Jaxon, and Jaxson. Popular twin pairings with Jackson include Addison, Ava, and Ella for girls.

Around the world: #25 in Canada (2024) · #59 in New Zealand (2025) · #71 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #90 in Australia (NSW) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jacksons

Jackson Pollock — American painter (1912–1956)
Jackson Browne — American singer-songwriter
Jackson Martínez — Colombian footballer
Jackson Wang — Chinese rapper and singer (born 1994)
Jackson Rathbone — American actor and musician

In stories & tradition

Jackson (Tim Drake) — Batman: Arkham City · Batman: Arkham Knight
Jackson (Jax) — Mortal Kombat · Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Jackson Avery — Grey's Anatomy

What Jacksons become

Among 604 notable people named Jackson:

Sports figures appear 2.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer.

Similar names: Jaxon · Carter · Jace · Carson · Mason · Cooper

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