Jayson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jayson: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #307, and it stood at #478 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#307highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jayson's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#914
1998	#780
1999	#1027
2000	#953
2001	#883
2002	#869
2003	#945
2004	#1038
2005	#1377
2006	#1016
2007	#1125
2008	#1048
2009	#1175
2010	#854
2011	#999
2012	#901
2013	#1183
2014	#837
2015	#950
2016	#946
2017	#861
2018	#870
2019	#1152
2020	#878
2021	#871
2022	#949
2023	#1071
2024	#1000

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 53 years from 1972 to 2024.

In 2024: #478 among boys in Scotland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1972–2024
Highest recorded position: #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1972–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jayson appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 729 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1972.

Jayson across 3 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.

Jayson'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1972)	#307 (1972)	#520 (2024)	17 of 53	69 (1972–2024)	6 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#784 (1996)	#780 (1998)	#1000 (2024)	29 of 29	729 (1996–2024)	36 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2015)	#365 (2018)	#365 (2018)	2 of 4	7 (2015–2018)	4 (2018)

Jayson by decade in England and Wales · 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 Jayson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	69	4 of 10	17
2000s	196	10 of 10	20
2010sbusiest	307	10 of 10	31
2020s	157	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jayson 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 4 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Jayson'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#949	32	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#871	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#870	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#999	27	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#883	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1972 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #307, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 52 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Hughie · #307, 30y
Lucca · #309, 30y
Kobie · #311, 27y
Shae · #303, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dani · #306, 46y
Dominique · #309, 40y
Aldo · #304, 26y
Maxime · #304, 30y

Jayson was ranked #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1972. 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.

Jayson 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 Jayson without appearing here.

Jayson moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1377 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #1892.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1152 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #878 and #1723.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #953 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #883 and #1595.
Keith Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1175 and #1099 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #854 and #1551.

Moved ahead of Jayson

Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1038 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #615.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1038 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #982.
Ollie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #780 and #924 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1027 and #655.
Cillian Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1016 and #1084 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1125 and #782.

Moved the opposite way to Jayson

Aaron Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 while Aaron went from #194 to #79.
Adam Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 while Adam went from #158 to #25.
Alex Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 while Alex went from #279 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 while Alexander went from #143 to #44.

Moved the same way as Jayson

Adrian Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 and Adrian from #50 to #200.
Alan Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 and Alan from #11 to #240.
Alfred Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 and Alfred from #219 to #430.
Andrew Compare
Between 1972 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jayson went from #307 to #520 and Andrew from #38 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jayson

Jayson at a glance

What stands out in Jayson's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jayson across 3 official records

Jayson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jayson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Jayson at a glance

What stands out in Jayson's record

Jayson across 3 official records

Jayson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jayson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Jayson

Jayson and the names beside it

Jayson moved ahead of

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