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Mason

English occupational name
"worker in stone"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Mason Origin and Meaning

The name Mason is a boy's name of English origin meaning "worker in stone".

Mason is an occupational surname that ranked among the Top 10 name for boys throughout the 2010s, after its choice as one of the first Kardashian baby names. It remained a Top 10 choice in the US until 2020 when it began trending downwards and a recent year saw it rank at #42, the lowest it's placed since 2005.

Borrowed from the English word for a stone maker, part of Mason's appeal was as a fresher-sounding replacement to dad name Jason. It likely then endured as a leader of the Jackson-Hudson-Grayson-Kayson trend, while also appealing to those who like other occupation names like Hunter, Cooper, and Carter and those who like that popular -n ending in general (think Logan, Sebastian, and Ethan).

Along with Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Dissick, Mason was chosen by several other celebrities for their sons, including Cuba Gooding, Jr., Melissa Joan Hart and Kevin Richardson. It has also seen use for celebrity baby girls, such as Kelsey Grammer's daughter, which did to some increased interest in Mason as a unisex option.

In fiction, the name has appeared on two TV werewolves: Mason Greyback on Wizards of Waverly Place and Mason Lockwood on Vampire Diaries. It is also used in the animated series Gravity Falls, in which it's the birthname of Dipper Pines, and in two popular Australian soaps, Neighbours and Home and Away.

A recent year saw Mason make the Top 30 name in the Netherlands and Canada, while in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand it remained in the Top 100.

# 42 in the US

Mason Rank in US Top 1000

# 252 on Nameberry

Mason Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Mason

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Famous People Named Mason

  • Mason Ramsey
    the Walmart yodeling kid
  • Mason Jennings
    American singer,songwriter
  • Mason Crosby
    American football player
  • Mason Wilson Gamble
    American actor
  • Mason Cook
    American actor
  • Mason Adams
    American actor
  • Mason Douglas Williams
    American guitarist and composer
  • Mason Cook Darling
    U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin
  • Mason Summers Peters
    U.S. Congressman from Kansas
  • Mason Ryan
    ring name of Barri Mason Ryan Griffiths, Welsh pro wrestler
  • Mason Vale Cotton
    American child actor, brother to Max Cotton
  • Mason Thomas
    American child model
  • Mason Brantley
    son of baseball player Jeff Brantley
  • Mason Lee (b. 1990)
    American actor; son of film director Ang Lee
  • Mason Dye (b. 1995)
    son of actors Laura San Giacomo and Cameron Dye
  • Mason Gooding (b. 1996)
    son of actor Cuba Gooding Jr
  • Mason Martin (b. 1999)
    son of actress Alex Martin; grandson of Whoopi Goldberg
  • Mason James Young (b. 2002)
    son of musician Adrian Young
  • Mason Morial (b. 2002)
    son of news anchor Michelle Miller and Marc Morial
  • Mason Jay Moore (b. 2004)
    son of Molly Tambor; grandson of actor Jeffrey Tambor
  • Mason Walter Wilkerson (b. 2006)
    son of actress Melissa Joan Hart
  • Mason Frey Richardson (b. 2007)
    son of singer Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys
  • Mason Dash Disick (b. 2009)
    son of TV personalities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
  • Mason Daniel Fitzgerald (b. 2009)
    son of ice dancers Naomi Lang and Mark Fitzgerald
  • Mason Evan Smith (b. 2011)
    son of singer Ne,Yo
  • Mason Autenrieth (b. 2012)
    son of singer/actress Alisan Porter and Brian Autenrieth
  • Mason Alexander Hesterberg (b. 2013)
    son of actress Liza Huber and Alexander Hesterberg; grandson of actress Susan Lucci
  • Mason Mac Taylor Dawson (b. 2013)
    son of actor Ashley Taylor Dawson
  • Mason McElrath (b. 2014)
    son of Jamie McKay and Ryan McElrath of "16 and Pregnant"
  • Mason Eric Dahlberg (b. 2015)
    son of YouTubers Adam Dahlberg (SkyDoesMinecraft) and Alesa (Serious Nonsense)
  • Mason Milian De Bruyne (b. 2016)
    son of footballer Kevin De Bruyne
  • Mason Garrett Duggar (b.2017)
    son of reality TV personality Josh and Anna Duggar

The name Mason in Pop Culture

  • Mason Evans
    main character in film "Boyhood"
  • Mason Lockwood
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
  • Mason Greyback
    character on TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"
  • Perry Mason
    TV and book character created by Erle Stanley Gardner, often called Mason
  • Mason
    character on TV's "Dead Like Me"
  • Mason Turner
    character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
  • Mason Turner
    character on TV's 'Criminal Minds'
  • Mason Verger
    character in novel and TV's 'Hannibal'
  • Mason Viveros
    character in novel "Fan Art" by Sarah Tregay
  • Mason Ashford
    character in the Vampire Academy series
  • Mason
    little boy on TV's "The Fosters"
  • Mason Bridge
    character on TV's "The Flash"
  • Mason "Dipper" Pines
    main character of Disney's "Gravity Falls"
  • Mason Bligh
    character in "Minders" by Michele Jaffe
  • Freemasons or Masons
    secret society
  • Mason Warner
    character on the "Grey's Anatomy" spin,off, "Private Practice"

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