Mason
#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · #39 for boys in 2025, 6,291 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 19,530 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 342,583since 1880
Mason over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,130 | 51 | #39 | 6,291 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #42 | 6,492 |
| 2023 | #2,674 | 65 | #30 | 7,259 |
| 2022 | #2,639 | 66 | #24 | 8,051 |
| 2021 | #2,533 | 69 | #18 | 9,103 |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | #11 | 10,117 |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 | #9 | 11,484 |
| 2018 | #2,419 | 74 | #9 | 12,526 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 | #7 | 13,602 |
| 2016 | #2,188 | 88 | #4 | 15,287 |
| 2015 | #2,103 | 92 | #3 | 16,675 |
| 2014 | #2,351 | 78 | #3 | 17,225 |
| 2013 | #2,458 | 73 | #4 | 17,730 |
| 2012 | #2,265 | 83 | #2 | 18,994 |
| 2011 | #2,143 | 89 | #2 | 19,530 |
| 2010 | #2,451 | 76 | #12 | 14,858 |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | #34 | 10,696 |
| 2008 | #1,977 | 106 | #35 | 10,489 |
| 2007 | #2,117 | 95 | #37 | 10,775 |
| 2006 | #1,651 | 128 | #40 | 10,414 |
| 2005 | #1,406 | 152 | #42 | 9,771 |
| 2004 | #1,314 | 162 | #51 | 8,619 |
| 2003 | #1,411 | 141 | #54 | 7,897 |
| 2002 | #1,308 | 149 | #53 | 7,878 |
| 2001 | #1,291 | 150 | #53 | 7,447 |
| 2000 | #1,298 | 148 | #64 | 6,516 |
| 1999 | #1,336 | 133 | #71 | 5,451 |
| 1998 | #1,265 | 143 | #83 | 4,658 |
| 1997 | #1,181 | 155 | #89 | 4,268 |
| 1996 | #1,389 | 120 | #104 | 3,882 |
| 1995 | #1,684 | 87 | #102 | 3,631 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #125 | 2,802 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | #137 | 2,475 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | #149 | 2,199 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #159 | 2,035 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #208 | 1,479 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #240 | 1,098 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #235 | 1,026 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #268 | 818 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #311 | 651 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #396 | 456 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #508 | 278 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #541 | 242 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #468 | 327 |
| 1981 | — | #474 | 309 | |
| 1980 | — | #459 | 336 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #455 | 318 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #496 | 267 |
| 1977 | — | #508 | 260 | |
| 1976 | — | #507 | 249 | |
| 1975 | — | #458 | 307 | |
| 1974 | — | #488 | 268 | |
| 1973 | — | #646 | 151 | |
| 1972 | — | #698 | 132 | |
| 1971 | — | #637 | 166 | |
| 1970 | — | #610 | 178 | |
| 1969 | — | #633 | 156 | |
| 1968 | — | #736 | 102 | |
| 1967 | — | #782 | 87 | |
| 1966 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1965 | — | #859 | 73 | |
| 1964 | — | #768 | 98 | |
| 1963 | — | #785 | 94 | |
| 1962 | — | #802 | 89 | |
| 1961 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1960 | — | #842 | 80 | |
| 1959 | — | #825 | 85 | |
| 1958 | — | #790 | 89 | |
| 1957 | — | #889 | 72 | |
| 1956 | — | #770 | 92 | |
| 1955 | — | #736 | 98 | |
| 1954 | — | #876 | 70 | |
| 1953 | — | #796 | 81 | |
| 1952 | — | #763 | 85 | |
| 1951 | — | #749 | 86 | |
| 1950 | — | #721 | 90 | |
| 1949 | — | #713 | 93 | |
| 1948 | — | #697 | 92 | |
| 1947 | — | #727 | 89 | |
| 1946 | — | #711 | 84 | |
| 1945 | — | #736 | 69 | |
| 1944 | — | #651 | 91 | |
| 1943 | — | #677 | 89 | |
| 1942 | — | #620 | 103 | |
| 1941 | — | #683 | 80 | |
| 1940 | — | #689 | 77 | |
| 1939 | — | #663 | 80 | |
| 1938 | — | #672 | 80 | |
| 1937 | — | #713 | 71 | |
| 1936 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1935 | — | #658 | 82 | |
| 1934 | — | #635 | 89 | |
| 1933 | — | #634 | 83 | |
| 1932 | — | #657 | 86 | |
| 1931 | — | #643 | 85 | |
| 1930 | — | #629 | 95 | |
| 1929 | — | #620 | 96 | |
| 1928 | — | #594 | 108 | |
| 1927 | — | #597 | 108 | |
| 1926 | — | #552 | 122 | |
| 1925 | — | #588 | 114 | |
| 1924 | — | #583 | 119 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #542 | 128 |
| 1922 | — | #551 | 131 | |
| 1921 | — | #515 | 144 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #511 | 142 |
| 1919 | — | #531 | 125 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #561 | 116 |
| 1917 | — | #549 | 114 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #485 | 136 |
| 1915 | — | #572 | 98 | |
| 1914 | — | #520 | 89 | |
| 1913 | — | #465 | 85 | |
| 1912 | — | #515 | 58 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #546 | 27 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #475 | 27 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | — | #477 | 22 | |
| 1904 | — | #482 | 20 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #415 | 24 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #393 | 32 | |
| 1899 | — | #424 | 19 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #464 | 18 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #487 | 13 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mason was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mason
- 3 spots since 2024 (#42 → #39)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#11 → #39)
- 36 spots since 2015 (#3 → #39)
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1974 (#646 → #488)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1909 (#475 → #679)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2011 at #2 (19,530 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: 9 yrs · run 2011–2019
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 97 boys born in 2011 were named Mason (1.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 272 boys born in 2025 (0.37%)
- 46.1% of all boys named Mason (157,911) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 154 | #363 (1880) | #472 |
| 1890s | 171 | #392 (1897) | #478 |
| 1900s | 219 | #393 (1900) | #488 |
| 1910s | 878 | #465 (1913) | #529 |
| 1920s | 1,212 | #511 (1920) | #565 |
| 1930s | 833 | #629 (1930) | #654 |
| 1940s | 867 | #620 (1942) | #690 |
| 1950s | 848 | #721 (1950) | #792 |
| 1960s | 958 | #633 (1969) | #778 |
| 1970s | 2,296 | #455 (1979) | #550 |
| 1980s | 5,541 | #235 (1988) | #390 |
| 1990s | 32,880 | #71 (1999) | #123 |
| 2000s | 90,502 | #34 (2009) | #46 |
| 2010s | 157,911 | #2 (2011) | #6 |
| 2020s | 47,313 | #11 (2020) | #27 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mason in 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 12,958 of them was named Mason, which outranked 92.3% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,395Neida142
- #1,395Sequoia142
- #1,395Soleil142
- #1,411Mason141
- #1,411Adamaris141
- #1,411Emmaline141
- #1,411Jaylah141
- #1,416Charlee140
- #1,416Cinthia140
- #1,416Diya140
Tied with 4 names at #1,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 250 of them was named Mason, which outranked 99.6% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.