Baby name

Jason

Boy

Origin of the name

Jason comes from the Greek Iasōn. In Greek myth, Jason is the leader of the Argonauts, who set out to win the Golden Fleece.

Short-lived name

Jason peaked in 1977, when 1 baby in 57 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 95% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 165. 44% of all babies named Jason since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

1,052,030births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 2rank at its peak, in 1977

Where babies named Jason are born

1977

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The darker the blue, the more common Jason is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jason is most common in Alaska (1.6 times), Hawaii (1.5) and New Hampshire (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Mason 342,583
Jaxon 113,651
Jaxson 68,535
Jayson 35,931
Javon 17,646
Kason 14,904

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