Mayson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAY-sun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,677 for boys
Mayson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stoneworker”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,677th for boys in the US (98 babies).
What does Mayson mean?
English: spelling of Mason
“stoneworker”
Spelling of Mason, the English surname for a stoneworker.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mayson a girl's or a boy's name?
Mayson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 41 girls and 98 boys in the US.
How popular is Mayson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Mayson, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 44 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mayson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 840 boys in the UK were given Mayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #76, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Mayson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 44 | #797 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Mayson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,677among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 98 boys in the US were named Mayson, making it the 1,677th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,002nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 341 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 41 girls were also named Mayson in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mayson than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Mayson in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,750 boys in the US were given Mayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #42, up from #1,677 for this spelling alone.
In 1995, 72% of the babies named Mayson in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 29%, with more boys than girls since 1999.
Mayson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,677 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,332 |
| 2023 | 147 | #1,300 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,204 |
| 2021 | 220 | #996 |
| 2020 | 211 | #1,002 |
| 2019 | 219 | #976 |
| 2018 | 259 | #852 |
| 2017 | 256 | #853 |
| 2016 | 269 | #839 |
| 2015 | 297 | #784 |
| 2014 | 302 | #773 |
| 2013 | 288 | #779 |
| 2012 | 341 | #693 |
| 2011 | 270 | #813 |
| 2010 | 244 | #860 |
| 2009 | 154 | #1,173 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,154 |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,332 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 86 | #1,593 |
| 2004 | 79 | #1,626 |
| 2003 | 76 | #1,643 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Names like Mayson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Jaxon Grayson Marley Jenson Harrison Cooper Oakley Carter Archer Hunter Dawson
Other spellings of Mayson
Mason Maison Masyn Masen Maeson Macen Maysen Maisyn Maisen Maycen Masson
Names related to Mayson
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mayson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayson, updated 20 October 2026.