Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jason” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jason” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jason” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jason” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jason” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jason” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jason” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jason” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 20 0.000099263 20 -100%
1881 22 0.000114174 22 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 -100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 -100%
1884 25 0.000102686 25 -100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 -100%
1888 21 0.000070123 21 -100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 24 0.000070861 24 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 18 0.000047188 18 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 42 0.000042507 42 -100%
1913 44 0.000038695 44 -100%
1914 59 0.000041657 59 -100%
1915 78 0.000042567 78 -100%
1916 83 0.000042907 83 -100%
1917 92 0.000045845 92 -100%
1918 102 0.000046981 102 -100%
1919 81 0.000038384 81 -100%
1920 76 0.000033589 76 -100%
1921 97 0.000041551 97 -100%
1922 95 0.0000415 95 -100%
1923 101 0.000043866 101 -100%
1924 105 0.000044088 105 -100%
1925 110 0.000047143 110 -100%
1926 101 0.000043991 101 -100%
1927 97 0.000041822 97 -100%
1928 87 0.00003848 87 -100%
1929 119 0.000054284 119 -100%
1930 106 0.000047677 106 -100%
1931 83 0.000039441 83 -100%
1932 95 0.000044996 95 -100%
1933 81 0.000040511 81 -100%
1934 91 0.000043817 91 -100%
1935 83 0.000039715 83 -100%
1936 97 0.000046689 97 -100%
1937 81 0.000038016 81 -100%
1938 92 0.000041581 92 -100%
1939 71 0.000032222 71 -100%
1940 93 0.000040388 93 -100%
1941 81 0.000033245 81 -100%
1942 118 0.000043195 118 -100%
1943 137 0.000048538 137 -100%
1944 116 0.000043121 116 -100%
1945 115 0.000043349 115 -100%
1946 117 0.000036616 117 -100%
1947 133 0.000036921 133 -100%
1948 180 0.000052136 180 -100%
1949 217 0.000062271 217 -100%
1950 205 0.000058515 205 -100%
1951 189 0.000051307 189 -100%
1952 218 0.000057399 218 -100%
1953 280 0.000072658 5 275 -96%
1954 306 0.000076871 306 -100%
1955 398 0.000099126 398 -100%
1956 442 0.000107203 5 437 -98%
1957 440 0.000104708 440 -100%
1958 596 0.000144174 596 -100%
1959 720 0.000173161 720 -100%
1960 940 0.000226298 940 -100%
1961 1069 0.000258069 10 1059 -98%
1962 1298 0.000321656 1298 -100%
1963 1509 0.000381234 8 1501 -99%
1964 2105 0.000541464 2105 -100%
1965 2890 0.000797143 2890 -100%
1966 3785 0.001089003 17 3768 -99%
1967 5358 0.001578251 21 5337 -99%
1968 7176 0.002124074 29 7147 -99%
1969 16582 0.004771355 92 16490 -99%
1970 27388 0.007594037 114 27274 -99%
1971 34334 0.010003044 155 34179 -99%
1972 37642 0.011976479 208 37434 -99%
1973 46904 0.015547152 226 46678 -99%
1974 55017 0.018097702 266 54751 -99%
1975 52475 0.017379316 303 52172 -99%
1976 52942 0.017447846 292 52650 -99%
1977 55949 0.017613444 313 55636 -99%
1978 51899 0.016351961 295 51604 -99%
1979 50674 0.015231139 303 50371 -99%
1980 48473 0.014072555 307 48166 -99%
1981 42168 0.012189485 240 41928 -99%
1982 40908 0.011661472 274 40634 -99%
1983 35363 0.010210667 245 35118 -99%
1984 30157 0.008644057 205 29952 -99%
1985 26220 0.007346369 184 26036 -99%
1986 22580 0.006347907 163 22417 -99%
1987 19460 0.005397139 111 19349 -99%
1988 16007 0.00433202 91 15916 -99%
1989 12657 0.003292281 43 12614 -99%
1990 10737 0.002716524 42 10695 -99%
1991 9419 0.002418064 33 9386 -99%
1992 9271 0.002413523 22 9249 -100%
1993 8657 0.002296116 19 8638 -100%
1994 8585 0.002309253 35 8550 -99%
1995 9035 0.002467127 29 9006 -99%
1996 8722 0.002391427 26 8696 -99%
1997 8763 0.00241688 17 8746 -100%
1998 9420 0.00256103 22 9398 -100%
1999 9384 0.002540427 18 9366 -100%
2000 9802 0.002593188 24 9778 -100%
2001 10186 0.002721063 22 10164 -100%
2002 9976 0.002668599 20 9956 -100%
2003 9846 0.002589472 24 9822 -100%
2004 9096 0.002380577 33 9063 -99%
2005 8620 0.002241963 7 8613 -100%
2006 8464 0.002139433 8 8456 -100%
2007 8131 0.002033928 11 8120 -100%
2008 7674 0.001952341 13 7661 -100%
2009 6938 0.001816147 11 6927 -100%
2010 6288 0.001701419 10 6278 -100%
2011 5863 0.00160288 9 5854 -100%
2012 5765 0.001576271 7 5758 -100%
2013 5524 0.001515223 7 5517 -100%
2014 5573 0.001503625 6 5567 -100%
2015 5032 0.001359665 7 5025 -100%
2016 4892 0.001333443 7 4885 -100%
2017 4251 0.001188694 4251 -100%
2018 3876 0.001102421 3876 -100%
2019 3588 0.001033728 10 3578 -99%
2020 3103 0.000928881 3103 -100%
2021 2872 0.000847711 2872 -100%
2022 2612 0.000772065 5 2607 -100%
2023 2463 0.00074384 2463 -100%
2024 2448 0.000735466 2448 -100%

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