Today is the 16th anniversary of the 👑King of Pop🎵 Michael Jackson's death (RIP) and to commemorate him, I'll be diving into the name: 📛Jackson!
📛Michael was one of my favorite names since I was a young girl (as Michael Jackson is my favorite music artist since then) but that's no longer the case for personal reasons... 😬 I however love the surname 📛Jackson as a first name. It was my top baby name for a boy in the 2010s if I had a son.
The name Jackson is English and means 'son of Jack.' Nameberry names the extensive list of ⭐celebrities who have chosen it for a son (actress Katey Sagal interestingly and her t.v. son have the same name) but swears, "its heyday as a celebrity baby name was at least a decade ago."
Jackson is liked a lot by non-celebrities as it is the 📈35th most popular name for baby boys in 2024. However, it surprisingly made it to 📄list: The Most Hated Baby Names In America as #10 (📛Michael ironically was #9 deemed for being 'boring') for boys via The Baby Name Wizard. The states where you'll most likely to meet a Jackson include: 📍Alabama, 📍California and 📍Florida.
Very shockingly, Jackson can actually be used as a girl's name! 🤯 Nameberry's writer on the revelation reveals, "No, Jackson is not the latest crazy name the girls are stealing from the boys. Oddly enough, Jackson was given to MORE girls a decade ago than it was last year, probably as a family name or as a tribute to the musicians. But Jackson's extreme popularity as a boys' name has probably made it feel less possible for girls. There have been some extremely popular baby names for girls -- Addison, Madison, Allison -- that originated as patronymics and literally mean "son of." And there's nothing gender-neutral about that."
Name Census reports: in 2023 there were 19 baby girls named Jackson! 😮 I prefer Jackson used traditionally as a boy's name. But I do think it's a pretty creative, modern day spin that girls now have this badass name too. 😎
I'm a big fan of everything about the name 📛Jackson. 🥰 I also like it can be shortened to just 📛Jack as a nickname, which is another favorite name of mine. I feel Jackson is so popular it will eventually be cemented in the top 20 most popular boy names list SSA highlights. 🤞🏾 The overly popular, classic name 📛Michael was the 18th most popular boy name in 2024. Jackson being the 35th is catching up nicely 👌🏾and I'm rooting badly for it to ⏩ surpass 📛Michael. 👏🏾
📌📛Nameberry🍒🗣Forum: "Jackson or Jaxon?"
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/
📌👀Reddit 🧠etymology 🤔 Community Thread: "Is there a female version of Jackson?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/bmhgo5/is_there_a_female_version_of_jackson/
⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛JACKSONS:
📛Paul Jackson Pollock 🎨 (artist)
📛Jackson "Jax" Teller 👱♂️🏍💀 (T.V. show character on Sons of Anarchy)
📛Clyde Jackson Browne 🎸(musician)
📛Wang "Jackson Wang" Ka Yee 🎤(singer/rapper)
📛Jackson Lee Morgan 🎤(singer)
📛Jackson Morton 
(politician)
📛Richard "Jackson Galaxy" Kirschner 🌌🐱 (cat behaviorist on reality show My Cat From Hell)
📛Jackson Harvey 🎵 (twin TikTok content creator)
📛Jackson Copeland-Evans (💙son of ballerina Misty Copeland)
📛Jackson 🎥 (character in the movie Die My Love)
📛Jackson 🏦💰🎥 (character in the film Wrath of Man)
📛Jackson Davis 📺 (character on show The Pitt)
📛Jackson Gallagher 🎥/📷 (actor & photographer)
📛Jackson Clarkson (brother of singer Kelly Clarkson)
📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Jackson:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JA/JACKSON/index.html
☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Jackson: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10
