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ORIGIN & HISTORY

Is of English and Scottish decent. The name is most common as a surname, but started being used as a first name after our seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, took office. Another famous man in our United States' history is "Stonewall" Jackson. "Stonewall", or Thomas Jonathan Jackson, was a prominent leader in the Civil War on the Confederate side.

POPULARITY

The records of the Social Security Administration only go back as far as 1880 and for as long as the records have been around, the name Jackson has been in the top 1,000. In 1880, the name was at number 247. The name gained popularity some years and lost it in others, but was on a slow decline that hit its all time low in the 1969 at number 832. After that point, it started to regain popularity. Jackson finally made the top 100 most popular names at number 100 in 1998 and continues to climb. The name was at number 36 in the year 2006.^[1]

FACTS

Jackson, pronounced "JAK*sun", is a male name that is most common as a surname. In fact, it's on the list of most popular surnames, according to the 1990 United States Census at number 13. There are a lot of towns, counties, buildings, landmarks, etc. with the name Jackson in them due to Andrew Jackson and "Stonewall" Jackson.

NAMESAKES

There are countless namesakes for the name Jackson. A summary is provided below.

• Television Characters:
  • Jackson "Jack" Montgomery: "All My Children", a daytime soap opera
  • Jackson Bellevill: "Gilmore Girls", a drama series
  • Jackson Duper: "Ally McBeal", a comedy*drama series
  • Jackson Stewart: "Hannah Montana", a children's series
  • Jackson Vahue: "Oz", a drama series

• Movie Characters:
  • Jackson in "Atonement"
  • Jackson Leroy in "renassance Man"
  • Jackson Bentley in Lawrence of Arabia
  • Jackson Latcherie in Steel Magnolias
  • Jackson Rippner in Red Eye
  • Jackson Scholtz in Chariots of Fire

• Comic Book Characters:
  • Jackson Weele in the Marvel comic series "Big Wheel"
  • Jackson Davies in the DC comic series "Batman"
  • Jackson King in the Image comic series "Windstorm"

• Towns and cities:
  • There are twenty states that have Jackson as the name of a city or town: Alabama, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi (their capital city), Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

• Other towns and cities with "Jackson" in the name:
  • Jackson Center, Pennsylvania
  • Jackson Center, Ohio
  • Jackson Heights, New York
  • Jackson Springs, North Carolina
  • Jacksonboro, South Carolina
  • Jacksonburg, West Virginia
  • Jacksonport, Arkansas
  • Jackson Gap, Alabama
  • Jacksontown, Ohio
  • Jacksonville Beach, Florida
  • Lake Jackson, Texas
  • Mount Jackson, Virginia
  • North Jackson, Ohio
  • Twelve states with the town or city "Jacksonville": Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Vermont

• Counties:
  • There are twenty*four states that have a "Jackson County". They are: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

• Places in other countries:
  • Jackson, Barbados
  • Jackson, Ontario, Canada
  • Jackson Bay, British Columbia, Canada
  • Jacksons, British Columbia, Canada
  • Jackson's Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Jackson's Point, Ontario, Canada
  • Jackson, China
  • Jackson, Queensland, Australia

• Other destinations in the United States with the name Jackson in it include: 32 airports, 2 beaches, 16 bridges, 61 buildings, 25 canals, 8 capes, 228 cemeteries, 121 churches, 6 cliffs, 61 dams, 5 falls, 2 forests, 18 hospitals, 64 lakes, 23 mines, 3 oilfields, 82 parks and 345 schools.

• Miscellaneous companies and organizations:
  • Jackson Guitars: manufactures guitars
  • Jackson Structured Programming
  • Jackson: an early car company
  • Jackson Ultima: manufactures figure skates
  • Jackson Laboratories: in Bar Harbor, Maine; works to prevent and cure human disease
  • Jackson Kayak: manufactures kayaks
  • Jackson Hewitt: Tax service

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Jackson Bond, actor
• Jackson Browne, musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Jackson Davis, founder of a charity organization
• Jackson Fourgeaud, musician
• Jackson Frank, singer/ songwriter
• Jackson Pollock, twentieth century artist
• Jackson Proskow, Canandian journalist
• Jackson Richardson, French hardball player
• Jackson Todd, baseball player
• Jackson Vroman, basketball player

Children of famous people: The following famous people have children names Jackson: Adrian Pasdar, Jay Mohr, Katey Sagal, Maria Bello, Mark Grace, Natalie Maines, Patti Smith, Soledad O'Brien, and Spike Lee.

NOTES

OTHER JACKSON'S

Jackson Smith, Jackson Johnson, Jackson Williams, Jackson Jones, Jackson Brown, Jackson Davis, Jackson Miller, Jackson Wilson, Jackson Moore, Jackson Taylor, Jackson Aaron, Jackson Abbeduto, Jackson Ables, Jackson Abney, Jackson Abraham, Jackson Abrams, Jackson Abreu, Jackson Abshire, Jackson Acha, Jackson Achilles, Jackson Ackman, Jackson Acox, Jackson Action, Jackson Acuria, Jackson Adair, Jackson Adam, Jackson Adams, Jackson Addair, Jackson Adelaja, Jackson Adeleke, Jackson Ader, Jackson Ading, Jackson Adkins, Jackson Adobe, Jackson Adrian, Jackson Adriane, Jackson Aeo, Jackson Afrotan, Jackson Agee, Jackson Agerson, Jackson Aghedo, Jackson Agtang, Jackson Agua, Jackson Aguilera, Jackson Aguilos, Jackson Ahern, Jackson Ahidor, Jackson Ahlberg, Jackson Ahokas, Jackson Aiken, More results

Author: Nicole Williams