Name meaning & stats
Jackson
Jackson means “son of Jack”. 291,412 US babies since 1940, peak 2013.
What it means
“son of Jack”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2013
291,412 US babies were named Jackson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jackson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 60% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2013)