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 the list of 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 Morton 
(politician)
📛Richard "Jackson Galaxy" Kirschner 🌌🐱 (cat behaviorist on reality show My Cat From Hell)
📛Jackson Harvey 🎵 (twin TikTok content creator)
📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Jackson:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JA/JACKSON/index.html
☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Jackson: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10
