Name Trends

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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 0.000114173 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 0.000052325 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 0.000020464 10 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 42 0.000042508 42 -100%
1913 44 0.000038695 44 -100%
1914 59 0.000041656 59 -100%
1915 78 0.000042566 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 0.000043865 101 -100%
1924 105 0.000044088 105 -100%
1925 110 0.000047143 110 -100%
1926 101 0.000043992 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 0.000039442 83 -100%
1932 95 0.000044997 95 -100%
1933 81 0.000040512 81 -100%
1934 91 0.000043818 91 -100%
1935 83 0.000039716 83 -100%
1936 97 0.00004669 97 -100%
1937 81 0.000038017 81 -100%
1938 92 0.000041581 92 -100%
1939 71 0.000032223 71 -100%
1940 93 0.000040389 93 -100%
1941 81 0.000033247 81 -100%
1942 118 0.000043196 118 -100%
1943 137 0.000048538 137 -100%
1944 116 0.000043123 116 -100%
1945 116 0.000043727 116 -100%
1946 118 0.00003693 118 -100%
1947 134 0.000037199 134 -100%
1948 180 0.000052136 180 -100%
1949 217 0.000062272 217 -100%
1950 205 0.000058515 205 -100%
1951 189 0.000051306 189 -100%
1952 218 0.000057398 218 -100%
1953 281 0.000072919 5 276 -96%
1954 306 0.000076871 306 -100%
1955 399 0.000099376 399 -100%
1956 442 0.000107201 5 437 -98%
1957 440 0.0001047 440 -100%
1958 595 0.000143971 595 -100%
1959 720 0.000173213 720 -100%
1960 942 0.000226753 942 -100%
1961 1070 0.000258396 10 1060 -98%
1962 1299 0.000321929 1299 -100%
1963 1511 0.000381702 8 1503 -99%
1964 2104 0.000541198 2104 -100%
1965 2891 0.00079738 2891 -100%
1966 3785 0.001089011 17 3768 -99%
1967 5356 0.001577609 21 5335 -99%
1968 7179 0.002124872 29 7150 -99%
1969 16586 0.004772062 92 16494 -99%
1970 27391 0.007594205 114 27277 -99%
1971 34341 0.010004714 155 34186 -99%
1972 37645 0.011976195 208 37437 -99%
1973 46908 0.015547272 226 46682 -99%
1974 55028 0.018100088 266 54762 -99%
1975 52476 0.017377712 303 52173 -99%
1976 52953 0.01744955 292 52661 -99%
1977 55951 0.017612915 313 55638 -99%
1978 51912 0.016354403 295 51617 -99%
1979 50691 0.015234816 303 50388 -99%
1980 48476 0.014072065 306 48170 -99%
1981 42166 0.012188156 239 41927 -99%
1982 40913 0.011662172 274 40639 -99%
1983 35363 0.010210369 245 35118 -99%
1984 30158 0.008644392 205 29953 -99%
1985 26225 0.007347968 184 26041 -99%
1986 22570 0.006345322 163 22407 -99%
1987 19459 0.005397124 111 19348 -99%
1988 16005 0.004331812 91 15914 -99%
1989 12655 0.003291884 43 12612 -99%
1990 10737 0.002716779 42 10695 -99%
1991 9419 0.002418236 33 9386 -99%
1992 9267 0.002412676 22 9245 -100%
1993 8657 0.002296297 19 8638 -100%
1994 8584 0.002309168 35 8549 -99%
1995 9031 0.002466215 29 9002 -99%
1996 8723 0.002391883 26 8697 -99%
1997 8762 0.002416751 17 8745 -100%
1998 9418 0.002560644 22 9396 -100%
1999 9381 0.002539787 18 9363 -100%
2000 9801 0.002593119 24 9777 -100%
2001 10186 0.002721278 22 10164 -100%
2002 9976 0.002668954 20 9956 -100%
2003 9846 0.002589853 24 9822 -100%
2004 9096 0.002380928 33 9063 -99%
2005 8619 0.002242098 7 8612 -100%
2006 8460 0.002138893 8 8452 -100%
2007 8131 0.002034455 11 8120 -100%
2008 7673 0.001952701 13 7660 -100%
2009 6932 0.001815219 11 6921 -100%
2010 6288 0.001702023 10 6278 -100%
2011 5858 0.001602162 9 5849 -100%
2012 5761 0.00157589 7 5754 -100%
2013 5517 0.00151414 7 5510 -100%
2014 5570 0.001503704 6 5564 -100%
2015 5029 0.001359782 7 5022 -100%
2016 4887 0.001333111 7 4880 -100%
2017 4251 0.001189837 4251 -100%
2018 3873 0.001102869 3873 -100%
2019 3579 0.001032656 10 3569 -99%
2020 3098 0.000929219 3098 -100%
2021 2855 0.000844746 2855 -100%
2022 2599 0.000773076 5 2594 -100%