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Maison

#1,294 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

House

Maison has been given to 5,390 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #1,294 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 304 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Maison, 2025

1 in 22,000

Maison over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Maison over time

In 2025, Maison went to 13% girls and 87% boys.

19882025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Maison: meaning, origin, and history

House

surname transfer

What Maison means

Maison means “house”, associated with Maison.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A spelling variant of Mason. The surname can also be from French Maison (“house”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Maison (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Maison is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Maison comes through French Maison.

Maison is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mason.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,575 boys were recorded with the name Maison between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 304 in 2016; its best national rank was #784 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #915 in 2020 to #1,294 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #838 in 2015 to #1,294 in 2025.

In the United States, 815 girls were recorded with the name Maison between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,626 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,770 in 2020 to #5,498 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,594 in 2015 to #5,498 in 2025.

How common is Maison?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,000
151 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,294
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,219 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maison sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,219 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maison. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maisons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maison was born before 2015 — so the typical Maison is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,575
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.5% of all recorded uses (2,354).

Is Maison rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−27
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−379
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−456
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
49.7%
Peak was 2016 (304)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#784
2016

Spellings of Maison

Maison is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 52.1% against Maison's 0.23%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Maison is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Maison was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 3,125 boys, against 1 in 7,156 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

132 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 3,125
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 3,448
  3. 3Georgia1 in 3,571
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 3,571
  5. 5Alabama1 in 4,000
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 5,263
  7. 7District of Columbia1 in 5,882
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 5,882

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Maison is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Maison was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,420,049 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Maison has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maison around the world

Where Maison ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,133
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2008–2022
    #472
    in 2022
  • Northern Ireland
    2009–2016
    #421
    in 2016
  • Ireland
    2009–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1997–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1989–2013
    #317
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Maison by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,294
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 379
Best rank ever
#784
2016
Peak year
2016
304 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,575
Count in 2025
151

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,498
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 272
Best rank ever
#3,626
2000
Peak year
2004
40 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
815
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Maison

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

GersonMaysonGibsonVinsonCaysonWessonWatsonKaisonJensonColsonEdsonKolsonSampsonHansonAllisonJaisonLarsonEdisonPiersonSamsonJudsonBraysonBensonPayson

Names with a curve like Maison

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Maison, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BreckenGraysenKorbynThatcherCristianoKamrynCormacKamdynKalelCoenJoziahViktor

Sibling names for Maison

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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