Masson — #11304 US boys' name
319 babies named Masson in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Masson was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Masson in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masson
The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Masson between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Masson currently holds the #11304 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Masson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 319 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Masson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2014)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #11304 among boys.
319 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 22 births in a single year.
Masson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 124 births that decade — 39% of Masson's all-time total
Masson decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Masson's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Masson by state
Where Masson concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 319 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.