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Masyn

Masculine · “stoneworker”

Masyn is given to both — 1,501 boys and 738 girls since 1880. See Masyn as a girl nameSee other names given to both

1995high 2012
#2676 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare48 boys in 2025

Masyn respells Mason — a stoneworker — and the French maçon behind it may come from a Germanic word for making.

How old is the name Masyn?

Masyn first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Masyn is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Masyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Masyn most popular?

Masyn peaked in 2012, reaching #1398 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 1,278 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Masyn

A maçon cut and set stone, and the medieval lodges of masons became the freemasons by a route historians still argue about. Mason became one of the biggest American boys' names of the 2010s. Masyn is one of several respellings and is in current use.

Meaning

stoneworker

Through Mason, from the Old French maçon, 'stone mason', probably from a Germanic root meaning 'to make'. The occupational surname is documented. The -syn respelling is modern American. The trade meaning is undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. maçon
  2. Mason
  3. Masyn

Related forms: Mason · Maysen

Pronouncing Masyn

MAY-sun

Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Masyn

Moderate

MasThe front clipping, used inside families rather than generally
SonnyTaken from the back, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1995–20251196001194819952025

US babies named Masyn per year from 1995 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13981990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1995
Most boys named
2012119 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1398reached in 2012
Change vs 2024
−14.3%48 in 2025, from 56
Masyn sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2012, with 119 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Masyn in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Mason in English — spelling variant
  • Maysen in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Georgia.

Masyns among us

1,500

people named Masyn are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Masyn

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Masyn

#2676
Masyn on the 2025 chart
#830
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Masyn went to 48 boys in 2025, but Mazin is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 98, which makes it the 830th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,846 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 17,429 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 35,585 for Masyn itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Sabino test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Masyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sabino climbed just as high around 1938, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sabino's path sketches the road Masyn is walking now.

40%chance Masyn will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Masyn, aligned on its peakSabino· peak 1938not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+70 yrsSabino · #4338Masyn today
Masyn today is about where Sabino stood in 1951 — 13 years past a #1397-sized peak. By 1966, Sabino had settled around #2596.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Masyn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Masyn is headed

19952030

US babies named Masyn per year, 1995 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Masyn should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady0% by 2030projected around #2,797 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Masyn beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Masyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Masynthis name48#2676Isaak48#2676Hershel48#2676Mikhael48#2676Kylon48#2676

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The stoneworker meaning is concrete and needs no explanation.
  • Sonny is available as a warm affectionate form.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Mason is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • It will be respelled by other people constantly.

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Frequently asked

How many Masyns are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Masyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Masyn?
Masyn is one of 2 recorded spellings. Mazin is the more common one — 50 births in 2025 against 48 for Masyn.
How popular is the name Masyn in 2025?
Masyn ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Masyn?
About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Masyn — 48 in all.
Will my child share the name Masyn with classmates?
Masyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Masyn

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Isaak#2676 · Hershel#2676 · Mikhael#2676 · Kylon#2676 · Pryce#2676 · Davin#2676 · Juancarlos#2676 · Zyion#2676

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