The name Jason comes from the Greek name Iason, which is derived from the Greek word iaomai, meaning "to heal." In Greek mythology, Jason was the son of Aeson and a hero who led the Argonauts on a quest for the Golden Fleece. The name has appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for boy names every year since 1900 and has been a top-150 boy's name every year since 1965. It even spent 13 years (1971-83) in the top-10 and five years (1974-78) as the second-most popular boy's name. It's the name singer Jason Derulo gave his son Jason King, born in 2021. Other parents prefer to spell it Jayson or Jayceon.
