Jailson
Meaning
Brazilian "-son" coinage of the 1970s and 80s, one of the home-grown generation built on the English pattern
Popularity, 1890–2024
Jailson does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
Popularity in Brazil
69,641 people · the #434 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 2,915 · median age 37
Among people named Jailson living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 336 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Jailson in official records · Spain
Spain
32 residents · #20,813 among men · mean age 36.1
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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