Unisex name · since 1988
Maison
Maison has 4,575 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,893 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,293 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,575
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
4,575 babies have been named Maison since 1988, making it today's #1293 unisex name.
Maison has 4,575 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1293 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #1,893 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,293 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,575 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maison ranks #1,893 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,293 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,575 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,893 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,293 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,575
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maison's 4,575 recorded births place it above 95.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maison compares
4,575 Top 14% higher than 86% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maison's all-time total is 12x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maison | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,575 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 304 | 34 | 22,252 |
Maison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maison's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 82% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 18%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 304, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maison popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 304
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Maison popularity over time - girls
815 total births recorded since 1993 (Maison as girls' name)
Maison by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,354 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Maison's strongest decade.
2,354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Maison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 291
1990s
291 births
- 2000s 821
2000s
821 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,354 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,097 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,354 births (51% of all-time use).
How Maison compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Maison's total volume
Maison by state
Where Maison concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 429 | 9.4% |
| #2 | California | | 403 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 360 | 7.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 241 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 212 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 150 | 3.3% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 143 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 137 | 3.0% |
429 of 4,575 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Maison appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maison's data
- Maison's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,354 total births) through the 2020s (1,097) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Maisons (429 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maison draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.