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Reign vs Mason

How Reign and Mason compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Reign

Male · English

Meaning: Dominance Or Widespread Influence

Mason

Male · French

Meaning: Stone Worker

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Reign (girls) vs Mason (boys), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Reign Mason
Peak year (most US births) 2021 — 891 girls 2011 — 19,528 boys
Peak rank #349 #2
Most recent rank (2025) #452 (682 births) #39 (6,291 births)
Total US births since 1880 6,902 310,019
Last 10 years (2016–2025) 6,902 100,150

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Mason reached 19,528 US births in 2011 — 18,637 more than Reign's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Reign — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 District of Columbia #146 48
2 Hawaii #182 30
3 Delaware #185 18
4 Louisiana #266 220
5 Georgia #270 433

Mason — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Mississippi #8 1,093
2 West Virginia #9 732
3 Pennsylvania #11 4,279
4 North Carolina #11 3,574
5 Hawaii #12 359

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →