Given name & surname · also Germanic
Mason
“a stoneworker”·“one who works with stone”
Mason is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a stoneworker” (English) and “one who works with stone” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a stoneworker” (English) and “one who works with stone” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Mason through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 345,931
- 342,583 boys · 3,348 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 19,619 babies
- 2025
- 6,342
- #39 for boys · #3,153 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6,291 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 39 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19,530 in 2011. It also appeared in 51 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (657). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269,852 as a first name in 2020; 153,847 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mason’s family of names
In English usage, Mason has a related form in Mayson. Mason has a related form in Mayson. Mason has a related form in Maison.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mason
- Mason MountEnglish association football playerborn 1999
- Mason GreenwoodEnglish association football playerborn 2001
- Mason HolgateEnglish association football player (born 1996)
- Mason ThamesAmerican actorborn 2007
- MaseAmerican rapper (born 1975)
- Mason GoodingAmerican actorborn 1996
- Mason CookAmerican actorborn 2000
- Mason PlumleeAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Mason EwingCameroonian fashion designer, film director and producteurborn 1982
Characters named Mason: Mason Verger (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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