Mason

Where Mason comes from

The dictionaries list Mason as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #363 among boys — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1999
    Mason Mount born
    English association football player
  3. 2001
    Mason Greenwood born
    English association football player
  4. 2011
    Peak, #2
    19,530 babies named Mason — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #18.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Mason Mount · English association football player, born 1999
  • Mason Greenwood · English association football player, born 2001
  • Mason Holgate · English association football player, born 1996
  • Mason Thames · American actor, born 2007
  • Mason Gooding · American actor, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.