Mabon
Boy · MAB-on · Welsh
Mabon is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “son, youth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies).
What does Mabon mean?
Welsh: from Brittonic Maponos
“son, youth”
Mabon ap Modron is a figure of Welsh legend, freed from imprisonment in the tale Culhwch and Olwen.
- Say it
- MAB-on
Is Mabon a girl's or a boy's name?
Mabon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mabon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Mabon, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mabon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Mabon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
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