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How popular is the name Jackson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jacksons are alive today.
Jackson (male), a spelling of Jaxon, sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 138th in 2025 with 372 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2017, when 876 babies were given the name, the 74th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 42% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 12,000 babies have been named Jackson in England and Wales since 1996.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jaxon you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Jaxons born in England and Wales are between 5 and 12, and there are at least 30,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 9.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Jaxon.
How many babies are named Jackson each year?
Includes all spellings: Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Jackson spelling rank?
Where does the Jaxon spelling rank?
Where does the Jaxson spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jackson most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Jaxon, peaked in 2017, when 2,605 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Jackson spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 876 babies.
How many people are called Jackson?
At least 30,000 people named Jackson in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jackson?
Most living Jacksons are between 5 and 12; the most common age is about 8.
Is Jackson becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.