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Jayson

“Variant of Jason — Healer” — Greek origin

Boy's name · #700 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Jayson has appeared in US records since 1922 — best rank #283 (1979) · 35,931 babies named Jayson all-time · 1 in 4,500 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,600 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 4,900 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 6,000 boys in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jaysons

• Jayson Tatum — American basketball player (born 1998)
• Jayson Granger — Uruguayan basketball player
• Jayson Blair — American actor
• Jayson Leutwiler — Canadian association football player
• Jayson Thiessen — Canadian animation director

In stories & tradition

• Jayson Turk — Eli Stone

What Jaysons become

Among 98 notable people named Jayson:

Athletes appear 3.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jayson Tatum, American basketball player (born 1998).

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