girls:
1.1k births since 1994
#4592 (20th percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1990
#1785 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1990
#3596 (54th percentile)
The name Mayson is the #3,596 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,721 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 53.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,785 (61.1% percentile) for all time with 4,597 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #4,592 (19.6% percentile) for all time with 1,124 births since 1994.
Mayson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 1994 for girls).
The name Mayson has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.8% of babies named Mayson were boys.
For boys, Mayson reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 35.5% percentile (ranked #581) with 168 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 168 births per million (ranked 35.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mayson ranks #771 for boys (15.4% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 47.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mayson reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #882) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mayson ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 41.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mayson".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mayson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.4% confident that Mayson is pronounced as MAY-suhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-zuhn, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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