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Mayson

#1,686 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Mason

Mayson has been given to 6,039 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,686 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 341 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Mayson, 2025

1 in 33,800

Mayson 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Mayson over time

In 2025, Mayson went to 29% girls and 71% boys.

19902025

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.

Mayson: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Mason

surname transfer

What Mayson means

Mayson is a variant of Mason.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Mayson → Mason. The family’s meaning is “stoneworker”, recorded in the naming reference for Mason.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

As a surname, Middle English May's son, personal name shortened from Matthew and many other origins. The modern given name is mostly a spelling variant of Mason.

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

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Origin, language, and formation

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

Mayson comes through Middle English May.

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mason and Matthew.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,848 boys were recorded with the name Mayson between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 341 in 2012; its best national rank was #694 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,003 in 2020 to #1,686 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #787 in 2015 to #1,686 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,191 girls were recorded with the name Mayson between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 2005; its best national rank was #2,717 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,411 in 2020 to #3,687 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,575 in 2015 to #3,687 in 2025.

How common is Mayson?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,800
98 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 17,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,686
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,449 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mayson 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mayson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maysons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mayson was born before 2014 — so the typical Mayson is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
56.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,848
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 56.6% of all recorded uses (2,745).

Is Mayson 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
−351
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−683
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−899
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.33×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.7%
Peak was 2012 (341)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#694
2012

Spellings of Mayson

Mayson is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 42.3% against Mayson's 0.20%.

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 Mayson is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Mayson was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 3,846 boys, against 1 in 9,590 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 50,000).

226 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 3,846
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 5,556
  3. 3Georgia1 in 5,882
  4. 4Missouri1 in 5,882
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 5,882
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 6,250
  7. 7Florida1 in 6,667
  8. 8Alabama1 in 7,692

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 Mayson is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Mayson was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 551,873 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. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 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. Mayson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mayson around the world

Where Mayson 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
    #2,014
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2013–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2010–2023
    #770
    in 2023
  • France
    1994–2025
    #753
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #265
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1991–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Mayson by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,686
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 683
Best rank ever
#694
2012
Peak year
2012
341 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,848
Count in 2025
98

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,687
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 724
Best rank ever
#2,717
2005
Peak year
2005
62 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,191
Count in 2025
41

Names similar to Mayson

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

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Names with a curve like Mayson

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

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Sibling names for Mayson

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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