girls:
1.2k births since 1981
#4552 (20th percentile)
boys:
56.2k births since 1922
#456 (90th percentile)
overall:
57.3k births since 1922
#987 (87th percentile)
The name Jameson is the #987 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 57,345 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 87.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #456 (90.1% percentile) for all time with 56,181 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #4,552 (20.3% percentile) for all time with 1,164 births since 1981.
Jameson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 1981 for girls). Birth data for Jameson is available in 73 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 38 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jameson has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jameson reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 91.8% percentile (ranked #76) with 2,431 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 2,431 births per million (ranked 91.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jameson ranks #100 for boys (89.1% percentile) with 1,896 births per million, which is 78.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jameson reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #882) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jameson ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 52.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jameson".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jameson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.1% confident that Jameson is pronounced as JAYM-suhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-muh-suhn, at 25.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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