Mason Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Mason

Mason Name Origin: English
Pronunciation: may-son
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Mason Name Meaning

Originally a surname for those who worked with stone, Mason is a strong masculine name that has risen steadily in popularity over the years like the walls working mason’s build stone by stone. While it was barely heard in the early 90s, it’s risen to the top ten in the 2000s.

An industrious name, Mason conveys thoughts of building, reliability, and strength. While its origins are from Middle English, the occupation is still around today and the hard work masons are known for ties directly to the name itself. These firm roots give it a strong, rugged feel similar to Hunter and Gunner.

Aside from its obvious strongman origins, Mason has an undeniably contemporary appeal thanks to the recent trend of occupational names like Deacon, Shepherd, and Sawyer. He also mixes well with other modern moniker juggernauts Liam and Noah. At the same time, he doesn’t feel too trendy thanks to his similarity to Jason, a name that has been buzzing for several decades.

Variant spellings of Mason include Mayson and Macen. He also has the nicknames Mase and Ace. Feminine variations could be Maisie, Martha or Macy. In addition, Mason has recently climbed the charts on the baby girl name charts thanks to an uptick in unisex monikers.

Mason Name Popularity

How popular is the name Mason? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	641	5	0.0013%
1912	665	13	0.0026%
1913	706	15	0.0026%
1914	561	43	0.0062%
1915	613	54	0.0059%
1916	490	97	0.01%
1917	643	52	0.0052%
1918	625	60	0.0056%
1919	566	77	0.0074%
1920	536	94	0.0085%
1921	556	92	0.008%
1922	585	85	0.0076%
1923	578	81	0.0072%
1924	636	66	0.0057%
1925	625	69	0.0061%
1926	585	76	0.0069%
1927	645	61	0.0055%
1928	601	67	0.0063%
1929	695	45	0.0043%
1930	816	29	0.0028%
1931	799	28	0.0028%
1932	721	39	0.0039%
1933	662	43	0.0046%
1934	765	30	0.0031%
1935	707	37	0.0038%
1936	946	16	0.0017%
1937	767	28	0.0028%
1938	780	29	0.0028%
1939	764	28	0.0028%
1940	783	29	0.0027%
1941	818	26	0.0023%
1942	679	51	0.004%
1943	774	34	0.0026%
1944	694	44	0.0036%
1945	967	14	0.0011%
1946	804	31	0.0021%
1947	791	40	0.0024%
1948	759	41	0.0026%
1949	869	29	0.0018%
1950	773	42	0.0026%
1951	794	42	0.0025%
1952	889	28	0.0016%
1953	900	28	0.0016%
1954	1,194	12	0.0007%
1955	733	58	0.0032%
1956	900	32	0.0017%
1957	1,254	10	0.0005%
1958	864	37	0.002%
1959	975	26	0.0014%
1960	1,002	23	0.0012%
1961	863	40	0.0021%
1962	832	42	0.0023%
1963	869	36	0.002%
1964	852	40	0.0023%
1965	816	42	0.0026%
1966	880	32	0.002%
1967	935	24	0.0016%
1968	749	55	0.0037%
1969	704	78	0.0051%
1970	621	126	0.0079%
1971	684	97	0.0065%
1972	740	71	0.0052%
1973	679	90	0.0069%
1974	505	202	0.0155%
1975	461	258	0.0201%
1976	525	191	0.0148%
1977	506	216	0.016%
1978	502	212	0.0158%
1979	456	274	0.0194%
1980	454	298	0.0204%
1981	468	275	0.0187%
1982	477	271	0.0181%
1983	554	185	0.0125%
1984	506	234	0.0157%
1985	388	422	0.0278%
1986	309	627	0.0415%
1987	265	792	0.0519%
1988	235	1,002	0.0643%
1989	240	1,069	0.0662%
1990	205	1,462	0.0882%
1991	158	2,024	0.1242%
1992	148	2,188	0.1371%
1993	136	2,466	0.1582%
1994	125	2,790	0.1818%
1995	103	3,625	0.2405%
1996	104	3,878	0.259%
1997	89	4,263	0.2882%
1998	83	4,657	0.3111%
1999	71	5,451	0.364%
2000	64	6,516	0.4265%
2001	53	7,446	0.4942%
2002	53	7,878	0.5257%
2003	54	7,895	0.519%
2004	51	8,617	0.5654%
2005	42	9,767	0.6388%
2006	40	10,409	0.6648%
2007	37	10,766	0.6824%
2008	35	10,479	0.678%
2009	34	10,683	0.7148%
2010	12	14,842	1.0299%
2011	2	19,507	1.3692%
2012	2	18,964	1.3308%
2013	4	17,688	1.2423%
2014	3	17,192	1.18%
2015	3	16,610	1.1416%
2016	4	15,230	1.0563%
2017	7	13,502	0.9674%
2018	9	12,435	0.9051%
2019	9	11,408	0.8427%
2020	11	9,853	0.7741%
2021	18	9,040	0.7395%
2022	24	7,867	0.5963%

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Names Like Mason

If you like Mason, you’ll love these other names like Mason.

What names are diminutives of Mason?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Mason sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Mason, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Mace	Heavy staff or club	English
Son
Sonnie	Son	English
Sonny	Son	English

What names sound like Mason?

If you like how Mason sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Mason.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Cason	Son of the marsh-dwellers	Scottish
Jason	To heal	Greek
Kason	Created name	American
Mabon	Son	Welsh
Macon	Marsh dweller	French
Maslon	Little Thomas	French
Masos	Happiness	Hebrew

What names are similar to Mason?

Find a name that’s like Mason, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Archer	Bowman	English
Carter	Cart user	English
Cooper	Barrel maker	English

Deacon	Dusty one; servant; messenger	Greek
Hunter	Hunter	English
Parker	Keeper of the park	English
Sawyer	Wood Cutter	English
Taylor	Tailor; to cut	French
Thatcher	Roof thatcher	English
Tyler	Tiler	English

Lists With Mason

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Siblings of Mason

Mamas with kids named Mason also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Isabella	Devoted to God	Italian
Lilliann	Lily	Latin
Daylan		American
Madison	Son of Maud	English
Adam	Man	Hebrew
Hannah	Grace	Hebrew
Owen	Noble born	Welsh
Aria	Vocal solo	English

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29 Comments

Nataly Nov 14 at 2:00 pm

It’s hard to know when I came about this name, Mason – but after weighing out a few other great names (Aidan, Nolan, Kieran, etc) – Mason just seemed to be one that we both liked the sound of, and is both common enough, but not overly common. Bonus that Mason is easy enough for the grandparents to pronounce!

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Michelle Jul 27 at 8:08 am

Edward Cullen’s middle name is Masen. I didn’t really like the spelling so I changed the E to an O. Mason.

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Megan Feb 19 at 7:08 am

My husband is Jason. We combined our names to get Jason. Mason just happens to be on the top 10 boy names list and so is his middle name, which we chose after my dad.

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Jess Benedict Jan 2 at 6:45 pm

22 years ago , I named my 1st Son , Mason
I chose the name , because it was a strong name and I knew it was perfect for him ! He has lived up to his name , he is both strong headed & is a man of impeccable strength . When you hug him , he feels like a brick ! I call him Sonny or Mase
?, would choose Mason for his name all over again

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Lauren Dec 31 at 5:05 am

Mason was not a well thought out choice. My husband and I found out we were pregnant again so i text him one day, “I need ideas, I only know his middle name.” So we started naming them off and as soon as he said Mason. I looked at it and just knew, “Mason Thomas, that’s it.” Of course it wasn’t until later that I realized Mason brand Jars are still a thing ???? and my in-laws have not stopped nicknaming him ‘jar-jar’. It’s cute but sometimes it’s annoying. I still love his name, i find it strong considering a mason works with his hands. Which a lot of our family members are hard laborers, we’ve always worked with our hands.

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- Angela Thomas Mar 6 at 3:07 am
  
  Oh my goodness , my son has the exact same name with the accepting of his middle name, Philip. My brain went blank for boys names ? my friend suggested it, and it sounded good with my surname Thomas.. Mason Philip Thomas… Call him Ace for short. Its a very popular surname….
  
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Tiffany Lawson Oct 29 at 8:23 am

When pregnant I was having a hard time finding a name for my second baby which was a boy. I literally had a notebook every page front and back with three columns on each page with bot names. Boyfriend wanted his oldest son to name his brother, so I said okay let’s see what he comes up with. Few weeks later get call from his son and says what about Anthony Brian? Or Brian Anthony? Absolutely not I said. So here o was going through names again. I wanted a name that no one could really make fun of or have lots of hurtful nicknames for that people would tease him. I don’t want my kids to come home from school and say mom ? saying kids are making fun of his name. So one night I had a dream about the name Mason. Woke up the next day and went through all names I had written down and Mason was another one of them. So Mason was the name i chose. Dad is a Jr. Richard Drew Raymond, Jr. And my kid being Richard Drew Raymond, III was just out of the question not happening. Okay now what will middle name be. Got me now im go I no crazy for a middle name. Believe it or not but I was in the bathroom when I got a middle name, what about dad’s middle name I asked myself. That’s it Mason Drew Raymond. Dad said MDR he’s coming to be a doctor one day. My first sons name is Jason Allen Lawson.

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- Tiffany Lawson Oct 29 at 8:26 am
  
  Forgot to add a few days later while in car T street crossroads I noticed that the name for the road we lived off of was called Mason.
  
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Risa Aug 19 at 8:53 am

My husband and I agreed on Mason. It was one of the names we both liked so that’s why we chose it.

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MELODY Jul 26 at 3:05 pm

I wanted a name that wasn’t super common but yet when people hear it they know exactly how to spell it.

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Donna Apr 7 at 8:35 am

My husband chose the name. I love his full name all together. His initials spell M.a.p.
Mason alexander perry

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Rachel Dec 23 at 9:27 am

Big brother is Patrick so we wanted a name that goes together

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Mama Aug 5 at 9:57 am

Mason just stuck with me. Any other name wasn’t the right name.

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Andrea May 6 at 4:12 pm

How we chose Mason’s name, a because our daughter was throwing names out and Mason was one of them, in which hubby and I really liked.
What we like about his name is that his middle name to is kist seemed t flow with the name Mason. We had toyed with the names Cooper and Noah, but then Mason really stuck.
I’d like to share that Mason fits him well.hes a sweet baby and loves to cuddle. We call him “cuddle bug Mason”. ?

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Courtney Feb 5 at 11:32 am

I pick the name mason because it goes with his twin sister name Madison

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Sarah Jan 24 at 11:55 am

I just always loved the name Mason had it picked seens I was a child

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Melissa Jan 13 at 10:29 am

10 years ago when we decided, Mason was an unpopular name at the time but has grown very popular. It was his dad’s middle name, and his great grandpas first name 🙂 i chose Alexander because of the Catholic meaning behind it and how strong of a name it sounded. Syllables have always taken part in my name decisions! ?

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Mathilde Jan 10 at 12:25 pm

I choose Mason because of how strong and brave my little one is..he will be a hard working little champ one day?

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Amber Jan 9 at 10:59 am

We went through literally hundreds of names before we decided on Mason. We both liked the name. Thought it was trendy with a classic twist. However we had to do some stretching as our other children all have names with strong means and biblical ties. We decided that Mason (taken from masonry/stone work) would symbolize Christ as our Rock, building our life on a firm foundation. (Mason is our only child together, we have a “Brady Bunch” scenario with my husband bringing 2 boys and myself bringing 2 girls to the marriage. We felt Mason was the final “stone” in our family tying us all together). Mason’s middle name is Jeremiah taken directly from our life and family verse Jeremiah 29:11.

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Isabella Jan 4 at 4:53 pm

I was trying to find something to watch and keeping up with the Cardations came up and i heard the name Mason i never heard that name before I fell in love with the name and it goes real well with wayne

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Kayla Dec 14 at 10:21 am

I love the name and I saw a sign at a baseball game we are big baseball fan and the company is W.B.Mason and I just loved it so that how he got his name

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Lindsay Dec 13 at 11:59 am

It took us so long to choose his name! He was a surprise gender and we decided on a girls name right away but his name we didn’t decide until about a month before he was born. But we chose The name “Mason Chance E.” Because of the strength it embodies. Mason is a strong name for a boy and the middle name “Chance” is an ode to his gender being our favorite surprise ever!

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Mason Aug 16 at 10:11 am

Mason seemed like a nice classic name that wasn’t too common

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India Jul 26 at 10:02 pm

His dad name him I don’t really know why he pick that name he says it fit him ? I think Mason is a beautiful name ..

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Megan Jun 26 at 7:10 pm

I’ve always loved the name.y sister was supposed to be a mason if she was a boy.. that was 20 years ago. I new we needed a mason in the family

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Katie Jun 20 at 9:13 pm

I Chose Mason because it was a strong name. In the Bible it means “and artificer of stone”. As he grows older we want to teach him to be a “mason for Christ” as my dad put it.

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Erin Jun 13 at 4:28 pm

The unique strength of the name and my son’s personality.

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Karlie Apr 13 at 1:55 pm

Call me old fashioned but I love a good classic name. I grew up with a uniquely spelled name (I don’t think it’s all that unique nowadays) and as a child I loathed it. Because of this it was important to me to find a classic name for my child. It took a little bit to narrow down which name went with the middle name “Charles” (family name) but once we saw the name Mason we knew it was perfect. I don’t dislike anything about the name Mason and I’m very pleased to say the name matches my son perfectly.

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Amy Apr 11 at 12:55 pm

My husband wanted a name to start with ‘M’ to have the same initials as him. Mason is a name that we have loved for a few years before trying to get pregnant. My son’s middle name is Everett. Mason Everett sounded better than Everett Mason. Everett is in honor of my grandfather.

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