Mason
An occupational surname for a worker in stone.
Popularity, 1880–2025
A stoneworker's surname that entered the top 10 after Kourtney Kardashian's son Mason arrived on reality TV in 2009.
Mason appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1997 to 2025. It spent 9 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 2011, when 19,530 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 2 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 39 for boys. All told, 345,931 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Mayson (6,039), Maison (5,390), Masen (3,335), Masyn (2,239), Maisyn (1,833), Mazen (1,439) (total births since 1880)
Explore Mason interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 154 | No. 363 |
| 1890s | 171 | No. 392 |
| 1900s | 219 | No. 393 |
| 1910s | 878 | No. 465 |
| 1920s | 1,212 | No. 511 |
| 1930s | 833 | No. 629 |
| 1940s | 867 | No. 620 |
| 1950s | 848 | No. 721 |
| 1960s | 958 | No. 633 |
| 1970s | 2,296 | No. 455 |
| 1980s | 5,541 | No. 235 |
| 1990s | 32,880 | No. 71 |
| 2000s | 90,502 | No. 34 |
| 2010s | 157,911 | No. 2 |
| 2020s | 47,313 | No. 11 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.