Fun Facts About the Name Masson
- 328 babies named Masson: U.S. records list 328 babies given the name Masson from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Masson Mean?
Masson is a French surname, used occasionally as a given name, meaning "mason" or "stoneworker." It comes from Old French masson (modern French maçon), the word for a bricklayer or stonemason, which descends from Late Latin machio, machionis, "builder." That Latin term is generally traced to a Germanic source related to Old High German mahhōn, "to make," so the literal sense is "maker," narrowed in French to someone who builds in stone.
English Mason is the same occupational word, borrowed into Middle English from Old French masson, so the two surnames are cognates that developed separately in their own languages. A less common explanation treats some families named Masson as descendants of a personal name such as Masse with the diminutive ending -on, but the occupational origin is the standard one.
Masson Name History & Origins
Surnames of this kind became hereditary in France from roughly the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when a man recorded as Masson was identified by his trade and his descendants kept the label. The spelling Masson appears in medieval French records, and after the Norman Conquest the same word entered English usage, where it settled mainly as Mason; the French spelling Masson also occurs in English records.
French colonists carried the name to North America, and it took root in Quebec. The Masson family of Terrebonne became prominent there in the nineteenth century: Joseph Masson (1791 - 1847) was a merchant and seigneur, and his son Louis-François-Rodrigue Masson (1833 - 1903) served as lieutenant governor of Quebec. The surname is well established in Quebec and in France, and among its bearers are the engraver Antoine Masson (1636 - 1700) and the painter André Masson (1896 - 1987).
Masson is chiefly a family name. Its use as a given name is uncommon and appears mainly in English-speaking countries, where surnames are frequently given to children; there it is generally a transferred use of the surname and is often treated as a spelling of Mason.
How Popular is the Name Masson?
Masson 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 2014. Its best rank was #4,480 in 2014.
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 | #8,674 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #11,808 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #7,139 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #13,629 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #11,641 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #10,209 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #7,995 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #8,592 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #11,682 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #7,440 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #6,570 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #4,480 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #6,492 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #5,635 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #5,857 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #8,555 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #4,865 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #7,045 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #7,428 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #7,257 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #12,674 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #8,646 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #7,061 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #6,371 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #8,907 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #7,205 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #10,996 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,297 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #8,884 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #5,082 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #6,483 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #7,899 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,776 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1987 | #7,723 | 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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