Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Jason

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jason
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.6% from peak

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

55,636

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

95.6%

2024

2,448

All-time

1,049,831

Jason once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1977, when 55,636 boys were named Jason.

In 2024, only 2,448 boys were given the name.

Down 95.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,049,831 Americans have been named Jason and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.6% from peak

197755,636 boys named Jason

20242,448 boys named Jason

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