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How popular is the name Mason?
Births per year, rank history and how many Masons are alive today.
Mason (male) is currently the 63rd most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 806 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2013, when 2,724 babies were given the name, the 27th most popular that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2024 figure is roughly 30% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 38,000 babies have been named Mason in England and Wales since 1996.
The Mason you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Masons born in England and Wales are between 9 and 19, and there are at least 40,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Mason.
How many babies are named Mason each year?
Where does Mason rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mason most popular?
Mason peaked in 2013, when 2,724 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mason?
At least 40,000 people named Mason born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mason?
Most living Masons are between 9 and 19; the most common age is about 13.
Is Mason becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2013 peak.