Jackson is a boy's name of English origin meaning “son of Jack.” In 2024 it was given to 6,876 boys in the United States.
Jackson belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “son of Jack” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jackson first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #14 in 2021, and in 2024 6,876 babies received the name — 290,561 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jackson means “son of Jack” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jackson is a boy name. In 2024, 6,876 babies received the name in the US.
Jackson comes from the English & American tradition.
Jackson first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #14 in 2021, and 6,876 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jackson is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæksən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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