Thirty years of Mason
Mason in numbers
Mason peaked in 2013 with 2,724 boys and has fallen since, to 675 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2010 and 2013, from 1,712 to 2,724. It ranked 127th in 1996, reached 27th in 2013 and ranks 77th now. On average it was given to 384 boys a year in the late 1990s, 1,038 in the 2000s, 2,085 in the 2010s and 1,143 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Mayson (12), Maison (11). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Mason.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-16%806 to 675
- 5 years-51%1,370 to 675
- 10 years-70%2,263 to 675
- 20 years-38%1,087 to 675
- Since 1996×2320 to 675
- Total, 1996 to 202539,610boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 77 · ONS · 806 in 2024
Rank 41 · NRS · 144 in 2024
Rank 55 · NISRA · 42 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | 675 | -16% | 1 in 446 |
| 2024 | 63 | 806 | -28% | 1 in 378 |
| 2023 | 50 | 1,118 | -18% | 1 in 271 |
| 2022 | 42 | 1,369 | -10% | 1 in 227 |
| 2021 | 37 | 1,517 | +11% | 1 in 211 |
| 2020 | 42 | 1,370 | -4% | 1 in 230 |
| 2019 | 43 | 1,433 | -7% | 1 in 230 |
| 2018 | 40 | 1,540 | -13% | 1 in 219 |
| 2017 | 37 | 1,776 | -17% | 1 in 196 |
| 2016 * | 34 | 2,131 | -6% | 1 in 167 |
| 2015 | 31 | 2,263 | -8% | 1 in 158 |
| 2014 | 29 | 2,470 | -9% | 1 in 144 |
| 2013 | 27 | 2,724 | +4% | 1 in 132 |
| 2012 | 31 | 2,625 | +21% | 1 in 143 |
| 2011 | 35 | 2,171 | +27% | 1 in 171 |
| 2010 | 46 | 1,712 | -0% | 1 in 217 |
| 2009 | 45 | 1,718 | +15% | 1 in 211 |
| 2008 | 53 | 1,493 | +3% | 1 in 243 |
| 2007 | 55 | 1,450 | +18% | 1 in 244 |
| 2006 | 62 | 1,230 | +13% | 1 in 278 |
| 2005 | 60 | 1,087 | +28% | 1 in 304 |
| 2004 | 77 | 849 | +30% | 1 in 387 |
| 2003 | 87 | 654 | +0% | 1 in 487 |
| 2002 | 85 | 654 | +7% | 1 in 468 |
| 2001 | 85 | 613 | -2% | 1 in 497 |
| 2000 | 85 | 628 | +23% | 1 in 493 |
| 1999 | 99 | 511 | +25% | 1 in 625 |
| 1998 | 113 | 408 | +38% | 1 in 799 |
| 1997 | 131 | 295 | -8% | 1 in 1,117 |
| 1996 | 127 | 320 | 1 in 1,042 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate