Fun Facts About the Name Maeson
- More than 1 thousand babies named Maeson: U.S. records list 1,027 babies given the name Maeson from 1880 through 2025. Even 314 girls received the name Maeson - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Maeson Mean?
Maeson is a respelled variant of the English name Mason, and it carries the same established meaning: "stoneworker." Mason began as an English surname, and that surname came from the Old French maçon (also written masson), an occupational term for someone who cuts, shapes, and lays stone for building. Old French maçon goes back to Late Latin machio or matio, a word for a mason or bricklayer whose deeper origin is uncertain; a Germanic source connected with building or making is sometimes suggested, but that derivation is not settled. The meaning is literal and occupational, not symbolic.
Maeson Name History & Origins
The name behind Maeson is the surname Mason, which appears in England after the Norman Conquest as an occupational surname for a stoneworker. Norman French brought maçon into English as mason, and the word has meant a builder in stone since the Middle English period. Families named Mason are recorded in England, and the surname also became established in Scotland and Ireland. As a given name, Mason was used occasionally in the English-speaking world in the 1800s and became considerably more common in the United States in the late 1900s, when surnames and occupational words of this kind were widely taken as first names.
Maeson is not a name with a separate origin; it is Mason with a changed vowel spelling. The ae in the first syllable represents the same sound as the a in Mason, so the two forms are pronounced alike. The respelling fits a modern fashion in American naming for altered spellings of familiar names, as with Jaxon for Jackson or Ayden for Aidan. Because the pronunciation is identical, Maeson is usually treated as a spelling variant rather than a distinct name with its own history.
How Popular is the Name Maeson?
Maeson has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #2,471 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,663 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #8,219 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #5,876 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #6,126 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #5,680 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #6,227 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #8,902 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,425 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #17,446 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #7,844 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #13,917 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #11,566 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #15,790 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,948 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #14,236 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #11,174 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #19,360 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #16,774 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #9,674 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #11,478 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #6,664 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #11,968 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #17,080 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #8,533 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #14,273 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,985 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #11,897 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #15,158 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #14,884 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #11,252 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,913 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #4,020 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #4,549 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #4,525 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #2,949 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2020 | #4,099 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #3,233 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #3,757 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #4,412 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #4,160 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #3,005 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #2,787 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2013 | #2,746 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #2,471 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #2,655 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2010 | #3,056 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #3,521 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #4,997 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #4,075 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,979 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #9,751 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #6,014 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #7,608 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #9,030 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #6,280 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #8,768 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #7,592 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #9,192 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #8,583 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,750 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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