Fun Facts About the Name Maysen
- More than 1 thousand babies named Maysen: U.S. records list 1,403 babies given the name Maysen from 1880 through 2025. Even 624 boys received the name Maysen.
What Does the Name Maysen Mean?
Maysen is a modern respelling of the English name Mason, an occupational name meaning "stoneworker." The parent name comes from Old French maçon (also masson), a word for a mason or stonecutter, which entered Middle English after the Norman Conquest as masoun. The Old French term is generally traced to Medieval Latin machio, machionis, meaning "builder" or "mason," though its deeper origin is not fully settled; it is often connected to a Germanic root meaning "to make." In the surname, the meaning was literal: a person who cut and laid stone. Maysen itself introduces no new meaning - it is simply an alternate spelling of Mason, with the y used as a vowel spelling rather than as evidence of a different language.
Maysen Name History & Origins
Mason began as an English surname. Occupational surnames became common in medieval England, and Mason identified someone who worked stone, whether as a mason, stonecutter, or builder. The surname derives from Middle English masoun, borrowed from Old French maçon after the Norman Conquest. Forms of the surname appear in medieval English records, and the name later spread to other English-speaking countries.
Use of Mason as a given name is more recent than its surname history. Mason has been used as a first name in the modern period. The spelling Maysen is a phonetic variant of Mason: it preserves the same pronunciation while changing the vowel spelling. It belongs with other respellings such as Masen, Mayson, and Maison. Maysen's development is tied to the parent name rather than to a separate line of transmission.
How Popular is the Name Maysen?
Maysen 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 2025. Its best rank was #2,458 in 2016.
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 | #2,526 | 70 | 0.0044% |
| 2024 | #2,865 | 58 | 0.0036% |
| 2023 | #7,513 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #5,255 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #5,505 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #5,267 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #6,110 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #4,956 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #4,654 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #5,229 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #5,243 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #4,519 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #3,825 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #4,262 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #4,122 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #4,268 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #6,023 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #6,068 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #6,248 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #5,489 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #5,719 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #3,876 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #8,321 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #5,386 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #7,592 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #5,859 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #11,039 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #11,952 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #11,634 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #9,301 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #12,771 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,980 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #7,539 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #7,146 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #5,556 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #4,584 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #3,881 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #4,747 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #3,672 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #2,828 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #2,458 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2015 | #3,006 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #2,966 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #3,165 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2012 | #2,938 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #2,935 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2010 | #3,686 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #5,241 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #4,221 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #5,139 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #4,800 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #4,762 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #3,824 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #12,099 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #6,874 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #10,098 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #11,556 | 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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