Given name & surname
Jameson
“the son of James”
Jameson is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of James.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of James.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jameson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63,091
- 61,883 boys · 1,208 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 4,708 babies
- 2025
- 2,630
- #137 for boys · #5,803 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,609 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 137 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 4,674 in 2019. It also appeared in 21 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (205). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 37,850 as a first name in 2020; 12,595 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jameson’s family of names
Jameson has a related form in Jamie. Jameson has a related form in Jamison. Jameson has a related form in Jamieson.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jameson
- Jameson ParkerAmerican actorborn 1947
- Jameson AdamsBritish Antarctic explorer (1880–1962)
- Jameson Mbilini DlaminiPrime Minister of Eswatini (1921-2008)
- Jameson WilliamsAmerican football player (born 2001)
- Jameson TaillonCanadian-American baseball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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