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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

MasonIn Hebrew: מייסון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Mason (Hebrew: מייסון) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,795 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 9 girls and ranked #744. Its peak year was 1974, with 128 babies.

People in Israel
1,795
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
9
rank #744
Peak year
1974
128 babies
USA, 2025
51
rank #3,130

Writing and saying Mason

In Hebrew letters the name is מייסון, read right to left. Mason is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Mason by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Mason: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Mason in English-speaking countries

Mason in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202551#3,1302004 (162)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Mason has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Mason

How do you write Mason in Hebrew?

Mason is written מייסון in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Mason?

1,795 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מייסון: 1,776 women and 19 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Mason a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 98.9% of the people named מייסון are women.

Is Mason used outside Israel?

The name Mason appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 51 girls were given it in 2025 (#3,130), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.