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The first name 
Jackson

Jackson is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

The name Jackson is very popular!

The first name Jackson is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #18 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Jackson, accounting for approximately 0.60 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 270,340 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Jackson. That is 0.08 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Jackson

What does the name 
Jackson mean?

The first name Jackson occurs both as a first name and as a last name. In either case, it is an expression that means ‘son of Jack’.

Jackson shares his name with several famous people

A singer and songwriter

Jackson Browne (*1948)
He is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and, in 2007, was even inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Furthermore, Rolling Stone lists Browne among the 100 best songwriters of all time.

An exceptional talent

Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
Jackson was an exceptional artist who, according to the 'Guinness Book of Records', is the most successful entertainer of all time. He was given the nickname 'King of Pop'. Before he took off as a solo singer, he was the lead singer of the band 'The Jackson Five', consisting of his brothers and himself and founded by his father.

A band

The Jackson Five
The Jackson Five celebrated their greatest successes in the 1970s, the band was founded in 1964 as 'The Jackson Brothers' by Joseph Jackson and consisted first of his sons Jackie, Tito and Jermaine Jackson. Marlon and Michael Jackson joined later in 1966, whereupon the band was renamed. Michael, who was only seven years old at the time, became the lead singer.

A famous painter

Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956)
Jackson Pollock, born as Paul Jackson Pollock, is one of the most important representatives of abstract expressionism of the New York School. The American founded the style of 'Action Painting'. Furthermore, through him the painting technique 'Drip Painting' became very famous. His painting 'No. 5, 1948' is one of the most expensive paintings in the world.

Go on a journey to places 
with your name

When you hear the name Jackson, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Jackson? Are you also called Jackson? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...

Several places

The state capital and most populous city of Mississippi bears the name Jackson, besides this one you can find many other places with this name.

Jackson Hole...

is a valley in Wyoming and part of Teton Pass. At 60,27 miles (97 km) long the valley is home to both Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.

Several islands

Many islands in the world are named Jackson. One of them is Jackson Island, Canada - a small uninhabited island located in the Hudson Bay in Canada's Nunavut territory.

On the moon...

you can find the Jackson crater. The lunar impact crater is located on the far side of the moon in the northern hemisphere.

Jacksonville...

is the largest city in the state of Florida in the USA and the largest city in the country by land area. It has about 1.5 million residents and is known for its beaches.

Mount Jackson...

is a mountain in Antarctica. It is about 5,839.9 ft (1,780 m) high and bears the name of the US polar explorer William Henry Jackson. It is completely covered by ice and snow.

Jackson -
in the 2000s more popular than ever before

If we dig really deep into our statistics, we find that there are very few boys' names that have been consistently popular for so long that they have been given to newborns in every single year since the beginning of our records in 1880. In fact, there are only 442 boys' names that appear in our statistics in every single year, and Jackson is one of those very special classics. At the same time, Jackson has never been more popular than it is in this century - in 2021 the name even made it to rank #15 of the most popular boys' names, easily landing in the top 100 of our SmartGenius first name statistics.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Jackson was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Happy Birthday - 8,092 boys named Jackson celebrate their second birthday this year

...because: In 2022, 8,092 boys were born and given the name Jackson by their parents. That puts Jackson at #25 on our list of most popular boys' names. It was much less popular in 1969 - only 86 parents chose this name for their newborn son and it ranked 755 on the popularity scale of all boys' names.

Jackson -
well known in all states of the USA, most popular in Utah

There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Jackson is one of them. However, Jackson is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Utah seem to particularly fancy this name – the 4,655 men called Jackson who live here are 0,342% of all male residents and push their name up to #62 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Utah. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 270,340 people with the name Jackson. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Jackson on position 130 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Jackson has 7 letters 
and begins with a J

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is the most popular first letter for boys’ names. 10.1% of all common boys’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in boys’ names is A.

With seven letters, the name Jackson has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 10.1% of all boys’ names start with a J, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the boys’ names that begin with the letter J, the name James is the most common.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Jackson

If your name is Jackson and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Jackson

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Jackson, you can simply say:

Joker

Apple

Cat

Koala

Sun

Orange

Nut

This is how the name Jackson is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Jackson in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Jackson

Jackson

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Jackson

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Jackson is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

J
A
C
K
S
O
N

Have you ever waved the name Jackson

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

J
A
C
K
S
O
N

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Jackson sounds like this: