Tason
Tason is a village on the Chindwin River in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma. It is located north of Maungkan. Gardens were planted in Tason around 1700 and the village has been documented as producing pickled tea, known as "letpet".
Meaning & Origin of Tason
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Tason is a village on the Chindwin River in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma. It is located north of Maungkan. Gardens were planted in Tason around 1700 and the village has been documented as producing pickled tea, known as "letpet".
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The Story of Tason
Tason first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2004, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 8 births, good for #8,731 nationwide. About 43% of every Tason on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Tason last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tason
Tason is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Tason's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #8,731. Use the chart and map above to compare Tason'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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