Jayson is an established variant of Jason that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Jayson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #700 for boy births in the United States (and #1,416 across all names), given to 384 babies. Jayson first appears in 1922 and peaked in 2004 (963 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 384 | 384 | — | #700 |
| 2024 | 454 | 454 | — | #624 |
| 2023 | 485 | 485 | — | #591 |
| 2022 | 543 | 543 | — | #546 |
| 2021 | 502 | 502 | — | #564 |
| 2020 | 540 | 540 | — | #529 |
| 2019 | 558 | 558 | — | #512 |
| 2018 | 625 | 625 | #16,707 | #470 |
| 2017 | 634 | 634 | — | #471 |
| 2016 | 636 | 636 | — | #483 |
| 2015 | 763 | 768 | — | #407 |
| 2014 | 795 | 803 | — | #392 |
| 2013 | 817 | 817 | — | #373 |
| 2012 | 810 | 818 | — | #374 |
| 2011 | 855 | 863 | — | #351 |
| 2010 | 936 | 947 | — | #334 |
| 2009 | 910 | 919 | — | #345 |
| 2008 | 962 | 973 | — | #341 |
| 2007 | 897 | 912 | — | #353 |
| 2006 | 864 | 881 | — | #352 |
| 2005 | 923 | 938 | — | #330 |
| 2004 | 963 | 988 | — | #319 |
| 2003 | 894 | 902 | — | #328 |
| 2002 | 833 | 849 | — | #330 |
| 2001 | 759 | 772 | — | #352 |
| 2000 | 709 | 723 | — | #370 |
| 1999 | 719 | 730 | — | #363 |
| 1998 | 725 | 742 | — | #361 |
| 1997 | 559 | — | — | #414 |
| 1996 | 484 | — | — | #454 |
| 1995 | 446 | — | — | #485 |
| 1994 | 418 | — | — | #492 |
| 1993 | 377 | — | — | #526 |
| 1992 | 411 | — | — | #493 |
| 1991 | 395 | — | — | #496 |
| 1990 | 385 | — | — | #500 |
| 1989 | 402 | — | — | #474 |
| 1988 | 399 | — | — | #453 |
| 1987 | 425 | — | — | #426 |
| 1986 | 462 | — | — | #395 |
| 1985 | 522 | — | #11,346 | #357 |
| 1984 | 477 | — | — | #369 |
| 1983 | 502 | — | — | #354 |
| 1982 | 588 | — | #11,169 | #329 |
| 1981 | 550 | — | — | #338 |
| 1980 | 613 | — | #11,010 | #315 |
| 1979 | 713 | — | — | #283 |
| 1978 | 598 | — | — | #302 |
| 1977 | 648 | — | — | #299 |
| 1976 | 610 | — | — | #298 |
| 1975 | 622 | — | #7,472 | #306 |
| 1974 | 625 | — | — | #298 |
| 1973 | 573 | — | — | #307 |
| 1972 | 461 | — | — | #367 |
| 1971 | 436 | — | #8,825 | #388 |
| 1970 | 403 | — | — | #404 |
| 1969 | 251 | — | #7,918 | #492 |
| 1968 | 135 | — | — | #651 |
| 1967 | 114 | — | — | #696 |
| 1966 | 102 | — | — | #731 |
| 1965 | 90 | — | — | #782 |
| 1964 | 58 | — | — | #994 |
| 1963 | 54 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1962 | 60 | — | — | #992 |
| 1961 | 44 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1960 | 49 | — | — | #1,124 |
| 1959 | 55 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1958 | 48 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1957 | 45 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1956 | 39 | — | — | #1,224 |
| 1955 | 21 | — | — | #1,705 |
| 1954 | 21 | — | — | #1,681 |
| 1953 | 25 | — | — | #1,534 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | — | #1,974 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | — | #1,661 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | — | #1,914 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | — | #1,852 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | — | #2,271 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | — | #2,307 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | — | #3,029 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,532 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,742 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | — | #3,087 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | — | #3,811 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,757 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,287 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | — | #3,723 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,343 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,782 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,626 |