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Boy's name · #39 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
99% boys · 1% girls — Mason is also given to girls: 51 in 2025, about 1 in 120 in recent years. Mason →
Mason reached its best rank, #2, in 2011 and remains near the top at #39 today. About 343,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Mason jumped from #12 in 2010 to #2 in 2011. SSA suggested that reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian’s son Mason may have helped its rise.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#17 in Netherlands (2025) · #39 in New Zealand (2025) · #42 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #42 in Scotland (2025) · #52 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #56 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #57 in N. Ireland (2025) · #75 in Ireland (2025) · #77 in England & Wales (2025) · #224 in Belgium (2025) · #343 in Sweden (2025) · #1,440 in Switzerland (2025) and 2 more.
Among 355 notable people named Mason:
Sports figures appear 2.87× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mason Mount, English association football player.
Popular twin pairings with Mason include Logan and Maddox for boys, and Madison, Morgan, and Mackenzie for girls.
Similar names: Jackson · Matthew · Wyatt · Logan · Carson · Landon
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