Mason
Mason is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 270,859 male / 2,825 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Mason
If you do not know Mason’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mason,” in English, “Guten Tag Mason,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Mason,
German
Guten Tag Mason,
French
Bonjour Mason,
Spanish
Estimado/a Mason:
Chinese
Mason您好：
Japanese
Mason様
English
Hi Mason,
German
Hi Mason,
French
Salut Mason,
Spanish
Hola Mason,
Chinese
Mason你好：
Japanese
Masonさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
270,859 male · 2,825 female · 273,684 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 98.9% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mason a male or female name?
Mason is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Mason in an email?
If you do not know Mason’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mason,” in English, “Guten Tag Mason,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Mason a unisex name?
Mason is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Mason a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mason. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_mason,
title = {Is Mason a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/mason},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}