Given name & surname
Jayson
Jayson is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jayson is a variant of Jason. A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
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
Jayson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35,968
- 35,931 boys · 37 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 963 babies
- 2025
- 384
- #700 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 384 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 700 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 963 in 2004. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (47). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,468 as a first name in 2020; 445 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.
Jayson’s family of names
Jayson has a related form in Jason. In English usage, Jayson has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jason.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jayson
- Jayson TatumAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- JTGAmerican professional wrestler and actorborn 1984
- Jayson GrangerUruguayan basketball player (born 1989)
- Jayson BlairAmerican actorborn 1984
- Jayson LeutwilerCanadian association football playerborn 1989
- Jayson MolumbyIrish association football playerborn 1999
- Jayson ThiessenCanadian animation directorborn 1976
- Jayson BlairAmerican journalistborn 1976
- Jayson WerthAmerican baseball playerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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