NameTides

Mason

Mason was the #39 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,291 babies), and #77 in England & Wales and #40 in Canada.

Mason as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Mason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandUSCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Mason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#39 (6,291)#77 (675)#41 (100)#55 (39)#75 (79)#40 (534)#56 (135)#42 (144)
2024#42 (6,492)#63 (806)#25 (144)#61 (42)#56 (102)#43 (516)#54 (138)#30 (188)
2023#30 (7,259)#50 (1,118)#27 (143)#50 (46)#49 (116)#36 (569)#34 (187)#26 (167)
2022#24 (8,051)#42 (1,369)#21 (177)#46 (54)#32 (167)#32 (636)#37 (180)#23 (198)
2021#18 (9,103)#37 (1,517)#17 (205)#31 (66)#46 (143)#29 (729)#36 (224)#23 (224)
2020#11 (10,117)#42 (1,370)#19 (193)#27 (70)#34 (157)#33 (689)#21 (270)#21 (224)
2019#9 (11,484)#43 (1,433)#28 (168)#24 (78)#46 (146)#24 (873)#28 (239)#17 (264)
2018#9 (12,526)#40 (1,540)#24 (193)#25 (83)#53 (142)#21 (973)#14 (306)#17 (242)
2017#7 (13,602)#37 (1,776)#18 (231)#19 (98)#49 (158)#22 (923)#19 (281)#14 (259)
2016#4 (15,287)#34 (2,131)#17 (256)#20 (100)#43 (186)#20 (1,064)#21 (308)#9 (263)
2015#3 (16,675)#31 (2,263)#14 (271)#20 (108)#39 (186)#14 (1,316)#20 (334)#11 (245)
2014#3 (17,225)#29 (2,470)#11 (285)#15 (121)#44 (187)#11 (1,383)#19 (329)#9 (269)
2013#4 (17,730)#27 (2,724)#11 (292)#15 (131)#40 (201)#13 (1,364)#18 (354)#10 (288)
2012#2 (18,994)#31 (2,625)#17 (287)#20 (112)#57 (159)#12 (1,375)#23 (324)#18 (266)
2011#2 (19,530)#35 (2,171)#31 (217)#44 (72)#70 (115)#14 (1,323)#27 (286)#23 (213)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 270 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 270common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 400common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 210common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 300common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mason is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 310 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 290 to 1 in 330.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mason by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #13MEWisconsin: #32WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #25NHWashington: #40WAIdaho: #85IDMontana: #51MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #31MNIllinois: #47ILMichigan: #23MINew York: #26NYMassachusetts: #27MAOregon: #55ORNevada: #44NVWyoming: #64WYSouth Dakota: #85SDIowa: #51IAIndiana: #59INOhio: #37OHPennsylvania: #32PANew Jersey: #38NJConnecticut: #29CTRhode Island: #16RICalifornia: #53CAUtah: #53UTColorado: #58CONebraska: #90NEMissouri: #48MOKentucky: #40KYWest Virginia: #29WVVirginia: #36VAMaryland: #20MDDelaware: #10DEArizona: #77AZNew Mexico: #57NMKansas: #51KSArkansas: #48ARTennessee: #41TNNorth Carolina: #32NCSouth Carolina: #35SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #78OKLouisiana: #41LAMississippi: #15MSAlabama: #34ALGeorgia: #57GAHawaii: #18HITexas: #64TXFlorida: #46FL
Mason (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32255
Quebec2025#10367

Mason (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MasonCanadaGirls—too few
MasonCanadaBoys#40534
MasonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MasonEngland & WalesBoys#77675
MasonIrelandBoys#7579
MasonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MasonNorthern IrelandBoys#5539
MasonNSWBoys#56135
MasonScotlandBoys#41100
MasonUSGirls#3,13051
MasonUSBoys#396,291
MasonVICBoys#42144