# Mayson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mayson/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,039 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,848 / 1,191 (20% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 473, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As a surname, Middle English May's son, personal name shortened from Matthew and many other origins. The modern given name is mostly a spelling variant of Mason.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 3,537 |
| 2012 | 44 | 3,625 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,553 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,697 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,575 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,557 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,124 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,419 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,831 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,413 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,689 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,433 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,672 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,101 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,688 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 270 | 813 |
| 2012 | 341 | 694 |
| 2013 | 288 | 781 |
| 2014 | 302 | 774 |
| 2015 | 297 | 787 |
| 2016 | 269 | 841 |
| 2017 | 256 | 853 |
| 2018 | 259 | 853 |
| 2019 | 219 | 977 |
| 2020 | 211 | 1,003 |
| 2021 | 220 | 1,000 |
| 2022 | 165 | 1,207 |
| 2023 | 147 | 1,306 |
| 2024 | 144 | 1,335 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,686 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## 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.