Meaning and history
From an English surname or vocabulary word meaning “stoneworker,” derived from an Old French term of Frankish origin related to Old English macian “to make,” Mason rose in popularity in the United States in the 1980s, likely for its fashionable sound, and became much more popular after 2009 when Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick chose it for their son, a choice featured on Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2010; it reached its peak in 2011 as the second most popular boys’ name.
20062006: 10,414 births, rank #40
2007: 10,775 births, rank #37
2008: 10,489 births, rank #35
2009: 10,696 births, rank #34
2010: 14,858 births, rank #12
20112011: 19,530 births, rank #2
2012: 18,994 births, rank #2
2013: 17,730 births, rank #4
2014: 17,225 births, rank #3
2015: 16,675 births, rank #3
20162016: 15,287 births, rank #4
2017: 13,602 births, rank #7
2018: 12,526 births, rank #9
2019: 11,484 births, rank #9
2020: 10,117 births, rank #11
20212021: 9,103 births, rank #18
2022: 8,051 births, rank #24
2023: 7,259 births, rank #30
2024: 6,492 births, rank #42
20252025: 6,291 births, rank #39
Mason has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #896 by 1957, before climbing to #39 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2011, with 19,530 births.