# Manson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/manson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “son of magnus” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmænsən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 816 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 816 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An Anglicised version of the North Germanic (Scandinavian) name Magnuson "son of Magnus" (Swedish Magnusson, Danish Magnussen, Norwegian Magnusen, Icelandic Magnússon), using + -son.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,637 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,540 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,438 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,758 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,616 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,355 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,625 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,315 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,571 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,374 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,349 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,884 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,636 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,539 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,389 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Mangussen, Magnusen
- French: Manson
- Icelandic: Magnússon
- Italian: Manson
- Norwegian: Mangussen, Magnusen
- Portuguese: Manson
- Spanish: Mansón
- Swedish: Magnusson, Magnuson

## People named Manson

- Frederick Manson Bailey, Australian botanist (1827-1915)
- Manson Benedict, American nuclear engineer (1907-2006)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.