Boy · Old French, through English
Mason
Say it: MAY-sun
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a stoneworker, from Old French masson.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname until the 20th century, it was a top-five US boys' name around 2011.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 308,058 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2011, about 1 in 97 boys
- 10,095 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mayson
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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