Maison
The Story of Maison
As a girl name
Maison first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1993, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 40 births, good for #3,631 nationwide. About 33% of every Maison on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maison ranks #5,309 for girls with 24 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 839 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Maison on the record books as a boy name in 1988, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 304 Maisons were born — ranking #782 that year. About 50% of every Maison on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maison ranks #1,426 for boys with 131 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Maison
Maison is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Maison's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #782. Use the chart and map above to compare Maison's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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