Fun Facts About the Name Mayson
- More than 6 thousand babies named Mayson: U.S. records list 6,033 babies given the name Mayson from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 1,190 girls received the name Mayson - about 1 girl for every 4 boys.
What Does the Name Mayson Mean?
Mayson is a variant spelling of the English given name Mason. Mason goes back to an English occupational surname for a person who worked with stone, and that surname comes from Old French masson, meaning "mason" or "stonecutter." The Old French word traces to a Medieval Latin form (macio, genitive macionis), which is probably of Germanic origin, though the precise source is uncertain. The literal meaning carried through these forms is "stoneworker."
The name does not mean "house" or "home," a sense that belongs to the separate French word maison; Mayson and Maison are different names that happen to sound alike.
Mayson Name History & Origins
Mason began as an English surname, an occupational name recorded in the Middle Ages for a mason, the craftsman who cut and laid stone. The word entered English from Old French masson, the form used by Norman French speakers after the Norman Conquest. From England the surname spread to the American colonies and beyond.
The given name Mason grew out of that surname as a transferred use, a common pattern for English occupational surnames. Mayson is a later respelling of the given name, using the letters ay to represent the long a sound heard in "Mason." It belongs with other phonetic respellings of the same name and appears mainly in English-speaking countries, particularly the United States. Because the respelling is recent, its own documentary history is thin compared with that of Mason.
How Popular is the Name Mayson?
Mayson recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2012. Its best rank was #694 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 | #3,688 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #5,231 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #5,667 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #4,432 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2021 | #5,687 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #4,408 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #3,828 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 2018 | #4,419 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,124 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2016 | #5,553 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #3,573 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #3,695 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2013 | #3,552 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2012 | #3,622 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2011 | #3,537 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2010 | #3,792 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2009 | #4,339 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #3,909 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #3,112 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2006 | #3,043 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,721 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2004 | #3,425 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2003 | #3,166 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2002 | #2,809 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #3,290 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2000 | #3,567 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1999 | #4,408 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #3,889 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1997 | #4,467 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #4,692 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #3,061 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #7,428 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,686 | 98 | 0.0057% |
| 2024 | #1,332 | 144 | 0.0084% |
| 2023 | #1,312 | 146 | 0.0085% |
| 2022 | #1,212 | 164 | 0.0094% |
| 2021 | #1,001 | 219 | 0.0125% |
| 2020 | #1,005 | 210 | 0.0122% |
| 2019 | #977 | 219 | 0.0122% |
| 2018 | #853 | 259 | 0.0143% |
| 2017 | #853 | 256 | 0.0138% |
| 2016 | #841 | 269 | 0.0142% |
| 2015 | #787 | 297 | 0.0155% |
| 2014 | #774 | 302 | 0.0157% |
| 2013 | #785 | 287 | 0.0152% |
| 2012 | #694 | 341 | 0.0180% |
| 2011 | #813 | 270 | 0.0142% |
| 2010 | #862 | 244 | 0.0127% |
| 2009 | #1,179 | 154 | 0.0078% |
| 2008 | #1,159 | 157 | 0.0077% |
| 2007 | #1,336 | 127 | 0.0061% |
| 2006 | #1,662 | 86 | 0.0042% |
| 2005 | #1,602 | 86 | 0.0043% |
| 2004 | #1,647 | 79 | 0.0040% |
| 2003 | #1,653 | 76 | 0.0038% |
| 2002 | #1,782 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 2001 | #1,834 | 61 | 0.0031% |
| 2000 | #2,363 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1999 | #2,325 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #2,988 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #3,831 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #3,077 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #4,201 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #5,008 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #3,327 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1992 | #3,693 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #7,019 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #6,911 | 7 | 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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