Jamison
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Meaning
surname meaning 'son of James'
The story
Jamison is an English surname meaning "son of James", worn as a first name long enough to stop feeling borrowed. American records show a slow warm-up and a modern arrival: about 118 boys in the 1950s, about 2,400 in the 1970s, about 4,100 in the 2000s, about 6,300 in the 2010s, and about 2,700 so far this decade, with a thin steady line of girls alongside. Brazil knows it too, roughly 1,900 in the census, most of them named in the 1980s and 1990s. It delivers James, one of the great bedrock names, with a surname finish, a formal weight of its own, and the built-in nickname Jamie. Son of James, literally; heir of James, practically, and the father name is doing fine upstairs.
Jamison across languages
One shared root links 18 names across 5 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Ya'aqov, traditionally "holder of the heel, supplanter"; Late Latin split it into Jacobus and Iacomus, giving Europe both Jacob and James
The constellation
11 more branches of this family
How popular is Jamison around the world?
In the United States, 2,870 babies were named Jamison between 2020 and 2025.
Jamison is on the official records of the United States, Canada and Brazil.
United States
1 in 7,600
In the United States, 2,870 babies were named Jamison between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jamison peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 37,000
In Canada, 10 boys named Jamison were born in 2024, ranked 1,964th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Brazil
1 in 100,000
At the 2022 census, 1,962 people in Brazil were named Jamison, ranked 5,181st, with a median age of 28.
Among people named Jamison living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 23 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
England and Wales
last on record 2022
Jamison is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
last on record 2016
Jamison is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Jamison
Most people given the name Jamison in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jamison deep dive
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