Fun Facts About the Name Jakson
- 899 babies named Jakson: U.S. records list 899 babies given the name Jakson from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jakson Mean?
Jakson is a spelling of the English family name Jackson, a patronymic meaning "son of Jack." The ending -son is the usual English way of forming a patronymic surname, as in Johnson or Williamson. The first element, Jack, is a medieval English pet form of John, a name that entered English use through Old French Jehan and Latin Johannes and goes back to the Hebrew Yôḥānān, generally explained as "Yahweh is gracious" or "God is gracious." The literal sense of the surname is therefore "son of Jack," and its deeper root meaning is that of John.
Jakson Name History & Origins
Jack arose in medieval England as a nickname for John. Familiar forms of John were built with the suffix -kin, so Jan produced Jankin, which passed into Jackin and then Jack. By the late Middle Ages Jack was so common as a byname that it stood for any ordinary man, as in the phrase "every man Jack." Patronymic surnames formed on the nickname include Jackson, Jacks, and Jakes, all belonging to the same English naming tradition that produced Johnson and Williamson from John.
As a first name, Jackson came into use through the surname. It was used as a given name in the United States in the 19th century, and the surname's notable bearers include Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, and the Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. Jakson is a respelled form of the given name, alongside Jaxon and Jaxson; it replaces the ck of the parent name with k, the two spellings standing for the same sound. Such respellings are used mainly in the United States and other English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Jakson?
Jakson has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #2,273 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,973 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #4,940 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #6,047 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #4,769 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #4,155 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #4,473 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #3,751 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #2,914 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2017 | #4,159 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #3,323 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2015 | #2,581 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #3,063 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2013 | #2,867 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2012 | #2,883 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2011 | #2,273 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2010 | #2,702 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2009 | #2,865 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #2,563 | 49 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #3,048 | 38 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #2,600 | 46 | 0.0022% |
| 2005 | #2,681 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2004 | #2,612 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2003 | #3,479 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #3,298 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #4,030 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #6,077 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #6,231 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #6,519 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #7,624 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #8,356 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,230 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,673 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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