Meaning not yet researched.
Mason: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,291 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 2012; #39 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Mason in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#39 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #2.
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Mason: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,291 boys in 2025. Peak: #2 in 2012 · most boys in one year: 19,530 (2011).
In 2025, 6,291 US boys were named Mason, making it the 39th most common boys’ name of the year, up 3 places from #42 in 2024. That is 201 fewer than the 6,492 boys named Mason in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2, reached in 2012. The most boys given the name in a single year was 19,530, in 2011. For comparison, it was #3 in 2015 and #725 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mason in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 22 babies with the name. In all, 345,931 US babies have been given the name, 1.0% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 158,702 babies named Mason.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 100,212 US boys were named Mason; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 15,287. In 2025 that was about 1 in 272 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mason ranked highest in Delaware in 2025, at #13 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 49 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Mayson (6,039 babies since 1880), Maison (5,390 babies since 1880), Masen (3,335 babies since 1880) and Masyn (2,239 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maeson, Macen and Mazin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maeson (1,028), Macen (969), Mazin (809), Maesyn (493), Maisen (422), Masson (328), Masin (310), Maysoon (132), Maysin (105), Maysun (101), Macin (58), Masun (49), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mason in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 30 | #13 | #3 |
| Mississippi | 70 | #15 | #4 |
| Maine | 38 | #15 | #3 |
| Rhode Island | 31 | #17 | #3 |
| Hawaii | 26 | #20 | #3 |
| Maryland | 136 | #20 | #4 |
| Vermont | 14 | #23 | #4 |
| New Hampshire | 37 | #25 | #4 |
| Michigan | 213 | #25 | #4 |
| New York | 416 | #26 | #8 |
| Massachusetts | 163 | #28 | #4 |
| Connecticut | 83 | #30 | #2 |
| West Virginia | 40 | #30 | #3 |
| Minnesota | 118 | #31 | #5 |
| Wisconsin | 117 | #32 | #5 |
| North Carolina | 240 | #32 | #3 |
| Pennsylvania | 267 | #32 | #1 |
| Alabama | 99 | #34 | #4 |
| Virginia | 175 | #36 | #5 |
| South Carolina | 101 | #36 | #3 |
| Ohio | 241 | #37 | #2 |
| New Jersey | 194 | #38 | #5 |
| Tennessee | 153 | #41 | #3 |
| Washington | 142 | #41 | #11 |
| Louisiana | 78 | #42 | #2 |
| Kentucky | 94 | #42 | #2 |
| Florida | 381 | #46 | #4 |
| Nevada | 52 | #46 | #11 |
| Illinois | 198 | #47 | #9 |
| Missouri | 114 | #48 | #3 |
| Arkansas | 54 | #49 | #3 |
| Kansas | 61 | #51 | #3 |
| Montana | 20 | #51 | #7 |
| Iowa | 58 | #53 | #7 |
| California | 657 | #53 | #18 |
| Oregon | 60 | #55 | #7 |
| Utah | 80 | #56 | #7 |
| Georgia | 172 | #57 | #3 |
| New Mexico | 28 | #59 | #33 |
| Indiana | 114 | #59 | #5 |
| Colorado | 98 | #60 | #16 |
| Texas | 570 | #64 | #15 |
| Wyoming | 7 | #67 | #2 |
| Alaska | 11 | #74 | #18 |
| Arizona | 99 | #77 | #11 |
| Oklahoma | 53 | #78 | #7 |
| Idaho | 27 | #86 | #14 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #90 | #6 |
| Nebraska | 27 | #90 | #9 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #101 | #6 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #116 | #25 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,153 | 6,291 | #39 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,157 | 6,492 | #42 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,688 | 7,259 | #30 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,654 | 8,051 | #24 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,550 | 9,103 | #18 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,572 | 10,117 | #11 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,367 | 11,484 | #9 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,428 | 12,526 | #9 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,767 | 13,602 | #7 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,201 | 15,287 | #4 |
| 2015 | 92 | #2,110 | 16,675 | #3 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,364 | 17,225 | #3 |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,477 | 17,730 | #4 |
| 2012 | 83 | #2,280 | 18,994 | #2 |
| 2011 | 89 | #2,152 | 19,530 | #2 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,472 | 14,858 | #12 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,525 | 10,696 | #34 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,987 | 10,489 | #35 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,125 | 10,775 | #37 |
| 2006 | 128 | #1,658 | 10,414 | #40 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,413 | 9,771 | #42 |
| 2004 | 162 | #1,320 | 8,619 | #51 |
| 2003 | 141 | #1,414 | 7,897 | #54 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,314 | 7,878 | #53 |
| 2001 | 150 | #1,292 | 7,447 | #54 |
| 2000 | 148 | #1,299 | 6,516 | #64 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,339 | 5,451 | #71 |
| 1998 | 143 | #1,270 | 4,658 | #83 |
| 1997 | 155 | #1,184 | 4,268 | #89 |
| 1996 | 120 | #1,390 | 3,882 | #104 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,695 | 3,631 | #102 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,417 | 2,802 | #125 |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,062 | 2,475 | #137 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,388 | 2,199 | #149 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,748 | 2,035 | #159 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,804 | 1,479 | #208 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,730 | 1,098 | #240 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,137 | 1,026 | #235 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,193 | 818 | #268 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,509 | 651 | #312 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,761 | 456 | #396 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,894 | 278 | #509 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,767 | 242 | #541 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,602 | 327 | #468 |
| 1981 | — | — | 309 | #474 |
| 1980 | — | — | 336 | #460 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,266 | 318 | #457 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,777 | 267 | #497 |
| 1977 | — | — | 260 | #508 |
| 1976 | — | — | 249 | #507 |
| 1975 | — | — | 307 | #460 |
| 1974 | — | — | 268 | #489 |
| 1973 | — | — | 151 | #647 |
| 1972 | — | — | 132 | #700 |
| 1971 | — | — | 166 | #639 |
| 1970 | — | — | 178 | #610 |
| 1969 | — | — | 156 | #635 |
| 1968 | — | — | 102 | #740 |
| 1967 | — | — | 87 | #783 |
| 1966 | — | — | 90 | #769 |
| 1965 | — | — | 73 | #863 |
| 1964 | — | — | 98 | #768 |
| 1963 | — | — | 94 | #787 |
| 1962 | — | — | 89 | #806 |
| 1961 | — | — | 89 | #811 |
| 1960 | — | — | 80 | #848 |
| 1959 | — | — | 85 | #828 |
| 1958 | — | — | 89 | #795 |
| 1957 | — | — | 72 | #896 |
| 1956 | — | — | 92 | #775 |
| 1955 | — | — | 98 | #738 |
| 1954 | — | — | 70 | #884 |
| 1953 | — | — | 81 | #796 |
| 1952 | — | — | 85 | #765 |
| 1951 | — | — | 86 | #759 |
| 1950 | — | — | 90 | #725 |
| 1949 | — | — | 93 | #715 |
| 1948 | — | — | 92 | #698 |
| 1947 | — | — | 89 | #731 |
| 1946 | — | — | 84 | #714 |
| 1945 | — | — | 69 | #741 |
| 1944 | — | — | 91 | #655 |
| 1943 | — | — | 89 | #680 |
| 1942 | — | — | 103 | #622 |
| 1941 | — | — | 80 | #687 |
| 1940 | — | — | 77 | #691 |
| 1939 | — | — | 80 | #665 |
| 1938 | — | — | 80 | #679 |
| 1937 | — | — | 71 | #720 |
| 1936 | — | — | 82 | #641 |
| 1935 | — | — | 82 | #661 |
| 1934 | — | — | 89 | #635 |
| 1933 | — | — | 83 | #635 |
| 1932 | — | — | 86 | #661 |
| 1931 | — | — | 85 | #646 |
| 1930 | — | — | 95 | #631 |
| 1929 | — | — | 96 | #624 |
| 1928 | — | — | 108 | #596 |
| 1927 | — | — | 108 | #598 |
| 1926 | — | — | 122 | #557 |
| 1925 | — | — | 114 | #590 |
| 1924 | — | — | 119 | #584 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,455 | 128 | #543 |
| 1922 | — | — | 131 | #552 |
| 1921 | — | — | 144 | #517 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,759 | 142 | #513 |
| 1919 | — | — | 125 | #533 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,327 | 116 | #562 |
| 1917 | — | — | 114 | #551 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,797 | 136 | #486 |
| 1915 | — | — | 98 | #574 |
| 1914 | — | — | 89 | #522 |
| 1913 | — | — | 85 | #469 |
| 1912 | — | — | 58 | #519 |
| 1911 | — | — | 30 | #555 |
| 1910 | — | — | 27 | #550 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #700 |
| 1908 | — | — | 27 | #482 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #502 |
| 1906 | — | — | 20 | #513 |
| 1905 | — | — | 22 | #488 |
| 1904 | — | — | 20 | #486 |
| 1903 | — | — | 21 | #463 |
| 1902 | — | — | 24 | #422 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #522 |
| 1900 | — | — | 32 | #398 |
| 1899 | — | — | 19 | #431 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #560 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #397 |
| 1896 | — | — | 18 | #492 |
| 1895 | — | — | 19 | #467 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #474 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #596 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #437 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #578 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #475 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #400 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #542 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #505 |
| 1886 | — | — | 18 | #424 |
| 1885 | — | — | 15 | #493 |
| 1884 | — | — | 14 | #517 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #547 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #567 |
| 1881 | — | — | 13 | #497 |
| 1880 | — | — | 22 | #371 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).