Thirty years of Jackson
Jackson in numbers
Jackson has risen from 64 boys in 1996 to 372 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 876 in 2017. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2008 and 2011, from 257 to 647. It ranked 358th in 1996, reached 74th in 2017 and ranks 138th now. On average it was given to 87 boys a year in the late 1990s, 182 in the 2000s, 681 in the 2010s and 516 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-12%423 to 372
- 5 years-42%639 to 372
- 10 years-55%818 to 372
- 20 years+151%148 to 372
- Since 1996×664 to 372
- Total, 1996 to 202512,078boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 138 · ONS · 423 in 2024
Rank 129 · NRS · 37 in 2024
Rank 159 · NISRA · 14 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =138 | 372 | -12% | 1 in 808 |
| 2024 | 131 | 423 | -8% | 1 in 721 |
| 2023 | 113 | 462 | -22% | 1 in 656 |
| 2022 | 94 | 592 | -2% | 1 in 525 |
| 2021 | 97 | 607 | -5% | 1 in 527 |
| 2020 | 90 | 639 | -5% | 1 in 492 |
| 2019 | 91 | 675 | -12% | 1 in 488 |
| 2018 | 80 | 764 | -13% | 1 in 442 |
| 2017 | 74 | 876 | +2% | 1 in 397 |
| 2016 * | 79 | 858 | +5% | 1 in 415 |
| 2015 | 82 | 818 | +36% | 1 in 438 |
| 2014 | 100 | 602 | +4% | 1 in 593 |
| 2013 | 106 | 578 | +3% | 1 in 620 |
| 2012 | 113 | 560 | -13% | 1 in 668 |
| 2011 | 99 | 647 | +49% | 1 in 573 |
| 2010 | 139 | 434 | +60% | 1 in 855 |
| 2009 | =188 | 272 | +6% | 1 in 1,331 |
| 2008 | 191 | 257 | +3% | 1 in 1,412 |
| 2007 | 193 | 249 | +9% | 1 in 1,424 |
| 2006 | =192 | 229 | +55% | 1 in 1,495 |
| 2005 | =236 | 148 | -6% | 1 in 2,234 |
| 2004 | 229 | 158 | +11% | 1 in 2,078 |
| 2003 | =229 | 142 | +1% | 1 in 2,242 |
| 2002 | 223 | 141 | +5% | 1 in 2,171 |
| 2001 | 227 | 134 | +46% | 1 in 2,273 |
| 2000 | =298 | 92 | -25% | 1 in 3,365 |
| 1999 | =244 | 123 | +45% | 1 in 2,595 |
| 1998 | =304 | 85 | +10% | 1 in 3,834 |
| 1997 | =315 | 77 | +20% | 1 in 4,280 |
| 1996 | =358 | 64 | 1 in 5,211 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate