first name
MASON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 269,852 people named Mason, 73.3% reported their origin as White, 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as Black. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mason peaked in 2011, when 19,619 babies got the name.
At least 345,931 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mason by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #9. The largest share of babies named Mason, 46.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mason is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mason has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Utah (1.8×), and Alaska (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.37×).
339,457 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mason
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mason, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mason ranks #171 of 156,621, with 153,847 people. See Mason as a last name
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