Jayson Boy
How popular is Jayson?
#700 boy name in 2025
384 baby boys were named Jayson in the US in 2025, making it the 700th most popular boy name.
Jayson popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #700 for boys (▼ 76 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 384 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #407 in 2015, #529 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (963 boys) |
| Highest rank | #283 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jayson counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jason family of names ranked #136 for boys in 2025 (#123 the year before), with 2,823 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jason | 2,224 | 79% |
| Jayson | 384 | 14% |
| Jaysen | 87 | 3% |
| Jasen | 18 | 1% |
| Jaison | 16 | 1% |
| Jasson | 20 | 1% |
| Jasean | 10 | 0% |
| Jaysean | 8 | 0% |
| Jayzen | 14 | 0% |
| Jahson | 9 | 0% |
| Jayzon | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jayson is most popular
Babies named Jayson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.8 per 1,000 (112 boys)
- Florida: 0.6 per 1,000 (294 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (108 boys)
- Connecticut: 0.4 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (321 boys)
Jayson by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,174 |
| 1940s | 84 | #1,819 |
| 1950s | 307 | #1,033 |
| 1960s | 952 | #492 |
| 1970s | 5,677 | #283 |
| 1980s | 4,925 | #315 |
| 1990s | 4,919 | #360 |
| 2000s | 8,714 | #319 |
| 2010s | 7,424 | #334 |
| 2020s | 2,908 | #529 |
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Questions
- Is Jayson a boy or girl name?
- Jayson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jayson were boys.
- How popular is the name Jayson?
- 384 baby boys were named Jayson in the US in 2025, making it the 700th most popular boy name.
- When was Jayson most popular?
- Jayson peaked in 2004, when 963 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #283 in 1979.
- How many people are named Jayson?
- 35,968 babies have been named Jayson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,552 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Jayson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jayson was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.