Jason remains a common boys' name (#165 in 2025), down from a peak of #2 in 1974.
Jason is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #165 for boy births in the United States (and #301 across all names), given to 2,224 babies — 2,230 including U.S. territories. Jason first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1977 (55,631 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,224 | 2,230 | — | #165 |
| 2024 | 2,455 | 2,460 | — | #148 |
| 2023 | 2,465 | 2,465 | — | #147 |
| 2022 | 2,614 | 2,614 | #16,335 | #146 |
| 2021 | 2,875 | 2,875 | — | #129 |
| 2020 | 3,105 | 3,112 | — | #119 |
| 2019 | 3,589 | 3,589 | #10,056 | #103 |
| 2018 | 3,880 | 3,891 | — | #99 |
| 2017 | 4,256 | 4,276 | — | #92 |
| 2016 | 4,893 | 4,918 | #13,512 | #84 |
| 2015 | 5,032 | 5,045 | #13,615 | #86 |
| 2014 | 5,574 | 5,591 | #15,410 | #75 |
| 2013 | 5,526 | 5,543 | #13,781 | #79 |
| 2012 | 5,766 | 5,781 | #14,130 | #76 |
| 2011 | 5,863 | 5,880 | #11,597 | #71 |
| 2010 | 6,289 | 6,320 | #10,759 | #69 |
| 2009 | 6,938 | 6,966 | #10,267 | #66 |
| 2008 | 7,675 | 7,705 | #9,196 | #60 |
| 2007 | 8,131 | 8,162 | #10,420 | #59 |
| 2006 | 8,464 | 8,494 | #12,883 | #55 |
| 2005 | 8,621 | 8,653 | #13,607 | #51 |
| 2004 | 9,096 | 9,133 | #4,214 | #47 |
| 2003 | 9,846 | 9,889 | #5,153 | #42 |
| 2002 | 9,976 | 10,009 | #5,757 | #42 |
| 2001 | 10,186 | 10,247 | #5,266 | #41 |
| 2000 | 9,802 | 9,846 | #4,865 | #39 |
| 1999 | 9,384 | 9,427 | #5,758 | #40 |
| 1998 | 9,421 | 9,463 | #4,855 | #40 |
| 1997 | 8,763 | — | #5,721 | #41 |
| 1996 | 8,721 | — | #4,107 | #41 |
| 1995 | 9,033 | — | #3,705 | #41 |
| 1994 | 8,587 | — | #3,257 | #46 |
| 1993 | 8,658 | — | #5,080 | #45 |
| 1992 | 9,271 | — | #4,596 | #46 |
| 1991 | 9,420 | — | #3,326 | #49 |
| 1990 | 10,736 | — | #2,761 | #46 |
| 1989 | 12,657 | — | #2,631 | #35 |
| 1988 | 16,008 | — | #1,498 | #27 |
| 1987 | 19,461 | — | #1,268 | #23 |
| 1986 | 22,578 | — | #968 | #18 |
| 1985 | 26,223 | — | #873 | #14 |
| 1984 | 30,158 | — | #782 | #11 |
| 1983 | 35,358 | — | #694 | #7 |
| 1982 | 40,902 | — | #651 | #4 |
| 1981 | 42,166 | — | #706 | #4 |
| 1980 | 48,472 | — | #602 | #3 |
| 1979 | 50,672 | — | #594 | #3 |
| 1978 | 51,894 | — | #584 | #2 |
| 1977 | 55,944 | — | #562 | #2 |
| 1976 | 52,935 | — | #568 | #2 |
| 1975 | 52,462 | — | #559 | #2 |
| 1974 | 55,022 | — | #595 | #2 |
| 1973 | 46,909 | — | #660 | #3 |
| 1972 | 37,631 | — | #699 | #7 |
| 1971 | 34,328 | — | #869 | #8 |
| 1970 | 27,386 | — | #1,070 | #13 |
| 1969 | 16,580 | — | #1,165 | #25 |
| 1968 | 7,172 | — | #2,272 | #47 |
| 1967 | 5,357 | — | #2,728 | #54 |
| 1966 | 3,787 | — | #3,090 | #89 |
| 1965 | 2,887 | — | — | #111 |
| 1964 | 2,104 | — | — | #155 |
| 1963 | 1,511 | — | #5,043 | #198 |
| 1962 | 1,298 | — | — | #213 |
| 1961 | 1,068 | — | #4,364 | #242 |
| 1960 | 940 | — | — | #259 |
| 1959 | 720 | — | — | #292 |
| 1958 | 596 | — | — | #311 |
| 1957 | 440 | — | — | #368 |
| 1956 | 442 | — | #6,333 | #353 |
| 1955 | 397 | — | — | #365 |
| 1954 | 306 | — | — | #412 |
| 1953 | 280 | — | #6,040 | #423 |
| 1952 | 218 | — | — | #469 |
| 1951 | 189 | — | — | #493 |
| 1950 | 205 | — | — | #467 |
| 1949 | 217 | — | — | #455 |
| 1948 | 179 | — | — | #492 |
| 1947 | 133 | — | — | #592 |
| 1946 | 117 | — | — | #597 |
| 1945 | 115 | — | — | #561 |
| 1944 | 116 | — | — | #571 |
| 1943 | 137 | — | — | #537 |
| 1942 | 118 | — | — | #566 |
| 1941 | 81 | — | — | #681 |
| 1940 | 93 | — | — | #617 |
| 1939 | 71 | — | — | #711 |
| 1938 | 92 | — | — | #620 |
| 1937 | 81 | — | — | #661 |
| 1936 | 97 | — | — | #589 |
| 1935 | 83 | — | — | #656 |
| 1934 | 91 | — | — | #631 |
| 1933 | 81 | — | — | #647 |
| 1932 | 95 | — | — | #610 |
| 1931 | 83 | — | — | #658 |
| 1930 | 106 | — | — | #583 |
| 1929 | 119 | — | — | #534 |
| 1928 | 87 | — | — | #680 |
| 1927 | 97 | — | — | #645 |
| 1926 | 101 | — | — | #625 |
| 1925 | 110 | — | — | #602 |
| 1924 | 105 | — | — | #624 |
| 1923 | 101 | — | — | #638 |
| 1922 | 95 | — | — | #662 |
| 1921 | 97 | — | — | #657 |
| 1920 | 76 | — | — | #760 |
| 1919 | 81 | — | — | #693 |
| 1918 | 102 | — | — | #608 |
| 1917 | 92 | — | — | #618 |
| 1916 | 83 | — | — | #644 |
| 1915 | 78 | — | — | #661 |
| 1914 | 59 | — | — | #662 |
| 1913 | 44 | — | — | #685 |
| 1912 | 42 | — | — | #655 |
| 1911 | 25 | — | — | #619 |
| 1910 | 24 | — | — | #591 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #736 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #915 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #963 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | — | #631 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #725 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | — | #742 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | — | #636 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | — | #602 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #706 |
| 1900 | 15 | — | — | #663 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,129 |
| 1898 | 18 | — | — | #497 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | — | #628 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | — | #800 |
| 1895 | 23 | — | — | #403 |
| 1894 | 24 | — | — | #382 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #799 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #506 |
| 1891 | 15 | — | — | #462 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #580 |
| 1889 | 18 | — | — | #437 |
| 1888 | 21 | — | — | #408 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | — | #472 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | — | #388 |
| 1885 | 16 | — | — | #468 |
| 1884 | 25 | — | — | #356 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | — | #506 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | — | #406 |
| 1881 | 22 | — | — | #355 |
| 1880 | 20 | — | — | #386 |