first name
MAYSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,254 people named Mayson, 63.1% reported their origin as White, 15.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.7% as Black. 76.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mayson peaked in 2012, when 385 babies got the name.
At least 6,039 babies have been given the name since 1990. 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.
Mayson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,617. The largest share of babies named Mayson, 54.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Mayson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mayson has been most common in Florida (2.3×), Georgia (1.9×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.46×).
3,426 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 Mayson
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mayson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mayson ranks #42,381 of 156,621, with 551 people. See Mayson as a last name
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