How Many People Are Named Mayson?

5,982

people named Mayson are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 57,135 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,039 babies named Mayson in Social Security records from 1990 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,332

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,273

See the top 100

Peak Year

2012

385 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: MAY-sən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant of MASON.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Mayson in English. Counting Mayson and these spellings together, about 343,197 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
19.7%
Male
80.3%

Of the babies given the name Mayson, 19.7% were girls and 80.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Mayson fell from 45% in the 1990s to 15% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Mayson alive today is about 12 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 17 in 2025.

Under 30 5,857
97.9%
30 to 59 124
2.1%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Mayson first appears in the records in 1990 and was given most often in 2012, to 385 babies. In 2025, 139 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1990 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Mayson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #694, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #1,686. Among girls, its best rank was #2,717, in 2005.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#1,686#3,687
Best rank#694 (2012)#2,717 (2005)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#821 in the 2010s#3,239 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Mayson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Mayson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 462 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mayson was given 1.8 times as often in Mississippi, 1.7 times in Missouri and 1.6 times in Georgia.

Texas 462
California 432
Florida 275
New York 239
Georgia 184
Ohio 155
North Carolina 149
Pennsylvania 147
Tennessee 110
Missouri 107
Michigan 100
Illinois 95
Indiana 92
Arizona 76
Washington 70
New Jersey 64
Alabama 61
Louisiana 60
South Carolina 57
Wisconsin 55
Mississippi 51
Utah 41
Kentucky 40
Massachusetts 39
Minnesota 34
Maryland 28
Oregon 28
Oklahoma 28
Iowa 22
Virginia 22
Connecticut 15
Colorado 15
Arkansas 12
Nevada 11
New Mexico 10
Idaho 5
Kansas 5
West Virginia 5

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