Jackson

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jackson: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jackson: Recorded every year since 1990, it reached #21 in 2014, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
146times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
30groupings it qualifies for
26names it appears alongside

What stands out in Jackson's record

Held a top-100 place for 36 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 26 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#358
1997	#315
1998	#304
1999	#244
2000	#298
2001	#227
2002	#223
2003	#229
2004	#229
2005	#236
2006	#192
2007	#193
2008	#191
2009	#188
2010	#139
2011	#99
2012	#113
2013	#106
2014	#100
2015	#82
2016	#79
2017	#74
2018	#80
2019	#91
2020	#90
2021	#97
2022	#94
2023	#113
2024	#131

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in New South Wales, Australia in every year from 1990 to 2025.

In 2025: #90 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #198 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #89 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1993–2023
Highest recorded position: #21 among boys in New Zealand, in 2014 (recorded 1993–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #90 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Jackson appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, which has ranked it in 36 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 7,865 births with the name.

Jackson across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jackson's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#89 (1990)	#27 (2007)	#90 (2025)	36 of 36	7,865 (1990–2025)	315 (2000)
New Zealand · Boys	#92 (1993)	#21 (2014)	#41 (2023)	31 of 31	3,711 (1993–2023)	175 (2015)
England and Wales · Boys	#358 (1996)	#74 (2017)	#131 (2024)	29 of 29	11,706 (1996–2024)	876 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#169 (1997)	#68 (2016)	#154 (2024)	28 of 28	537 (1997–2024)	47 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#99 (2017)	#198 (2025)	21 of 21	607 (2005–2025)	74 (2017)

Jackson by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jackson in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	2,091	10 of 10	209
2000sbusiest	2,784	10 of 10	278
2010s	2,199	10 of 10	220
2020s	791	6 of 10	132

Across New South Wales, Australia · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 278 births a year.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Jackson appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in New Zealand in 2014.

Jackson's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#131	423	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#113	462	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#94	592	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#97	607	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#90	639	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#91	675	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#80	764	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#74	876	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#79	858	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#82	818	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#100	602	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#106	578	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#113	560	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#99	647	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#139	434	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#188	272	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#191	257	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#193	249	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#192	229	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#236	148	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#229	158	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#229	142	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#223	141	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#227	134	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#298	92	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#244	123	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#304	85	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#315	77	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#358	64	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	206	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	247	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	245	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	240	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	223	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	231	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	254	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	284	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	238	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	264	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	297	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	277	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	310	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	315	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	268	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	251	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	239	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	245	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	232	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	232	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	224	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#41	82	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#46	83	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#40	104	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#44	89	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#26	134	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#25	131	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#28	139	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#24	157	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#22	175	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#21	154	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#26	156	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#27	166	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#33	152	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#43	120	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#37	137	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#40	120	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#44	119	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#41	117	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#41	101	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#38	125	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#40	110	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#30	142	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#26	162	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#34	138	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#43	116	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#70	78	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#73	71	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#57	95	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#65	94	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#70	85	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#92	59	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#154	14	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#121	20	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#131	19	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#143	17	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#111	24	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#97	30	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#114	22	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#98	29	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#68	47	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#75	46	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#145	19	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#80	40	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#125	22	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#118	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#118	26	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#125	22	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#132	21	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#173	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#188	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#149	13	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#224	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#168	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#169	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	24	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	24	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	48	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	35	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	37	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	59	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	53	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	50	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	74	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	52	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	47	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	24	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	24	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#130	37	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 36 years, 36 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 876 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1993, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jack-Junior · #1879, 11y
Jackie · #277, 28y
Jackson-James · #2964, 11y
Jacky · #299, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Beau · #22, 39y
Taylor · #19, 35y
Tyler · #19, 35y
Kayla · #18, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Calum · #21, 34y
Carter · #21, 30y
Teddy · #20, 30y
Xavier · #22, 30y

Comparisons involving Jackson

Existing comparison pages where Jackson and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Jackson in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Harry vs Jackson
Harry and Jackson changed places 13 times in New Zealand · Boys between 1994 and 2023, ending at #40 and #41.
Harry · Jackson · 30 shared years, 1994–2023 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
James vs Jackson
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Boys within 2 years — James #1 in 2015, Jackson #68 in 2016.
James · Jackson · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2016 Northern Ireland ranking
Noah vs Jackson
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Boys within 2 years — Noah #1 in 2018, Jackson #68 in 2016.
Noah · Jackson · 27 shared years, 1998–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2018 Northern Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Jackson within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Harrison vs Jackson
Across 30 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Harrison and Jackson averaged 10.0 places apart, ending at #60 and #41.
Harrison · Jackson · 30 shared years, 1994–2023 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
Isaac vs Jackson
Across 31 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Isaac and Jackson averaged 10.3 places apart, ending at #46 and #41.
Isaac · Jackson · 31 shared years, 1993–2023 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
Lachlan vs Jackson
Across 26 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Lachlan and Jackson averaged 10.5 places apart, ending at #34 and #41.
Lachlan · Jackson · 26 shared years, 1997–2023 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Jackson and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Kai vs Jackson
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Kai moved into the top 50 at #29 in 2021 as Jackson fell out of it to #55, having been #46 the year before.
Kai · Jackson · 23 shared years, 2002–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2021 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Sean vs Jackson
In New Zealand · Boys, Jackson moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2000 as Sean fell out of it to #52, having been #31 the year before.
Sean · Jackson · 15 shared years, 1993–2007 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2000 New Zealand ranking
Dylan vs Jackson
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Jackson moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2013 as Dylan fell out of it to #65, having been #32 the year before.
Dylan · Jackson · 32 shared years, 1990–2022 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2013 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Jackson measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Jackson at its highest position.

Oliver vs Jackson
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Boys within 2 years — Oliver #1 in 2013, Jackson #21 in 2014.
Oliver · Jackson · 31 shared years, 1993–2023 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2014 New Zealand ranking
Levi vs Jackson
Across 31 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Levi and Jackson averaged 10.7 places apart, ending at #28 and #41.
Levi · Jackson · 31 shared years, 1993–2023 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking
Blake vs Jackson
Across 31 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Blake and Jackson averaged 12.4 places apart, ending at #58 and #41.
Blake · Jackson · 31 shared years, 1993–2023 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2023 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Jackson was ranked #21 in New Zealand · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jackson and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jackson without appearing here.

Jackson moved ahead of

Theodor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #701 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #128 and #601.
Lachlan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #701 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #322 and #720.
Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #99 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #125 and #471.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2009 they stood at #701 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #322 and #611.

Moved ahead of Jackson

Jude Compare
In 1999 they stood at #244 and #261 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #298 and #174.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #315 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #304 and #182.
Riley Compare
In 1999 they stood at #244 and #297 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #298 and #194.
Páidí Compare
In 2020 they stood at #104 and #107 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #153 and #78.

Moved the opposite way to Jackson

Harrison Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Jackson went from #58 to #90 while Harrison went from #96 to #29.
Harry Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Jackson went from #58 to #90 while Harry went from #94 to #39.
Max Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Jackson went from #58 to #90 while Max went from #87 to #30.
Henry Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Jackson went from #47 to #90 while Henry went from #97 to #6.

Moved the same way as Jackson

Jack Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in New Zealand · Boys, Jackson went from #92 to #41 and Jack from #37 to #4.
Levi Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in New Zealand · Boys, Jackson went from #92 to #41 and Levi from #71 to #28.
Liam Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in New Zealand · Boys, Jackson went from #92 to #41 and Liam from #35 to #17.
Max Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in New Zealand · Boys, Jackson went from #92 to #41 and Max from #91 to #29.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in New Zealand in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jackson

Jackson at a glance

What stands out in Jackson's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jackson across 5 official records

Jackson by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Jackson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Jackson

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Jackson

Jackson and the names beside it

Jackson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jackson

Moved the opposite way to Jackson

Moved the same way as Jackson

Jackson at a glance

What stands out in Jackson's record

Jackson across 5 official records

Jackson by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Jackson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Jackson

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Jackson

Jackson and the names beside it

Jackson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jackson

Moved the opposite way to Jackson

Moved the same way as Jackson