Mayson
- #3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births
- #1,677 for boys in 2025, 98 births
- Given to boys 80.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 341 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,848since 1990
Mayson over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #1,677 | 98 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #1,332 | 144 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,300 | 147 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | #1,204 | 165 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #996 | 220 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #1,002 | 211 |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 39 | #976 | 219 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | #852 | 259 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | #853 | 256 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #839 | 269 |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | #784 | 297 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 | #773 | 302 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #779 | 288 |
| 2012 | #3,583 | 44 | #693 | 341 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | #813 | 270 |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | #860 | 244 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | #1,173 | 154 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | #1,154 | 157 |
| 2007 | #3,096 | 56 | #1,332 | 127 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | #1,654 | 86 |
| 2005 | #2,704 | 62 | #1,595 | 86 |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 | #1,629 | 79 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | #1,646 | 76 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 | #1,772 | 65 |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Mayson! It came in at #6,415, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Mayson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 7,953
- Georgia#1,096 · 1 in 7,174
- New York#1,202 · 1 in 9,380
- Ohio#1,267 · 1 in 10,507
- North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
Best ever in a state: #318 in West Virginia, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mayson
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 675 spots since 2020 (#1,002 → #1,677)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2012 at #693 (341 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2010–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,563
- Highest: 1 in 5,563 boys born in 2012 were named Mayson (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,429 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 56.6% of all boys named Mayson (2,745) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 186 | #2,300 (1999) | #4,062 |
| 2000s | 932 | #1,154 (2008) | #1,610 |
| 2010s | 2,745 | #693 (2012) | #822 |
| 2020s | 985 | #996 (2021) | #1,252 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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