Lawson

#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births · #381 for boys in 2025, 830 births
Given to boys 96.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#357
2020 · 871 births
Debut · boys
1880
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,533
since 1880

Lawson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lawson has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,02854#381830
2024#4,77228#415775
2023#4,19134#412775
2022#4,10835#410786
2021#4,24533#364896
2020#5,48722#357871
2019#4,77328#368870
2018#4,23733#380853
2017#4,14735#433713
2016#4,99027#434716
2015#4,72529#436699
2014#5,31025#488576
2013#9,03612#511523
2012#7,14417#530492
2011#9,72311#580432
2010#6,90418#617401
2009#8,05815#642390
2008#9,47612#707330
2007#10,12911#653371
2006#7,86815#676336
2005#8,33013#694297
2004#6,76817#725263
2003#8,50512#809215
2002#13,5956#842197
2001#10,1029#981156
2000#6,20817#962158
1999#12,6886#1,006139
1998#10,1228#1,224100
1997#13,7245#1,32685
1996#11,8076#1,63859
1995#11,7836#1,52762
1994—#1,37372
1993—#1,51261
1992#11,7386#1,80446
1991—#2,09535
1990—#1,96838
1989—#1,64148
1988—#1,70641
1987—#2,21526
1986—#2,16126
1985—#2,50420
1984—#1,79631
1983—#2,20823
1982—#2,26922
1981—#2,68017
1980—#2,21323
1979—#1,94327
1978—#2,79915
1977—#1,90426
1976—#2,50817
1975—#2,45017
1974—#2,19919
1973—#1,87123
1972—#1,56630
1971—#2,12619
1970—#1,69926
1969—#1,49229
1968—#1,65023
1967—#1,41129
1966—#1,37331
1965—#1,77420
1964—#1,61524
1963—#1,37532
1962—#1,38732
1961—#1,27938
1960—#1,27338
1959—#1,36033
1958—#1,25338
1957—#1,30036
1956—#1,23238
1955—#1,09147
1954—#1,16941
1953—#1,17040
1952—#1,08145
1951—#1,00549
1950—#98949
1949—#1,04745
1948—#87960
1947—#91658
1946—#95249
1945—#1,03938
1944—#87053
1943—#89755
1942—#80664
1941—#83957
1940—#99442
1939—#79459
1938—#83455
1937—#98241
1936—#94942
1935—#87252
1934—#93146
1933—#88549
1932—#90251
1931—#93948
1930—#92852
1929—#82662
1928—#92753
1927—#82565
1926—#77670
1925—#84362
1924—#78773
1923—#73778
1922—#74279
1921—#87763
1920—#69186
1919—#70479
1918—#72378
1917—#66880
1916—#82457
1915—#75064
1914—#71253
1913—#64148
1912—#72535
1911—#62424
1910—#78215
1909—#84012
1908—#77912
1907—#55919
1906—#56817
1905—#59216
1904—#44423
1903—#65612
1902—#47520
1901—#39922
1900—#60317
1899—#61311
1898—#54315
1897—#7259
1896—#64112
1895—#7389
1894—#43919
1893—#7688
1892—#40422
1891—#47614
1890—#43417
1889—#54912
1888—#41620
1887—#42016
1886—#40319
1885—#54712
1884—#57011
1883—#41218
1882—#38921
1881—#50312
1880—#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lawson was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lawson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#415 → #381)
  • 24 spots since 2020 (#357 → #381)
  • 55 spots since 2015 (#436 → #381)
  • Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1894 (#768 → #439)
  • Biggest drop: 364 spots in 1893 (#404 → #768)
Rise & fade · boys
140 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2020 at #357 (871 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,953
  • Highest: 1 in 1,953 boys born in 2021 were named Lawson (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,058 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #357 in 2020, was only 1 in 1,982 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Lawson (6,275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s161#381 (1880)#459
1890s136#404 (1892)#578
1900s170#399 (1901)#592
1910s533#624 (1911)#715
1920s691#691 (1920)#803
1930s495#794 (1939)#902
1940s521#806 (1942)#924
1950s416#989 (1950)#1,165
1960s296#1,273 (1960)#1,463
1970s219#1,566 (1972)#2,107
1980s277#1,641 (1989)#2,139
1990s697#1,006 (1999)#1,547
2000s2,713#642 (2009)#769
2010s6,275#368 (2019)#478
2020s4,933#357 (2020)#390

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lawson in 2002

girls
#13,595
6 births · 1 in 299,480 girls
boys
#842
197 births · 1 in 9,855 boys

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #13,595Lawson6

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #842Lawson197
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 299,480 of them was named Lawson, which outranked 24.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lawson
  1. #12,187Zuleidy7
  2. #12,187Zury7
  3. #12,187Zyah7
  4. #13,595Lawson6
  5. #13,595Aaishah6
  6. #13,595Aalana6
  7. #13,595Aalaysia6
  8. #15,432Aaja5
  9. #15,432Aajaylah5
  10. #15,432Aakira5

Tied with 1,836 names at #13,595; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 9,855 of them was named Lawson, which outranked 93.3% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lawson
  1. #839Keven198
  2. #839Samir198
  3. #839Vance198
  4. #842Lawson197
  5. #842Abram197
  6. #842Augustus197
  7. #842Clifford197
  8. #847Nestor196
  9. #848Bernardo195
  10. #848Colt195

Tied with 4 names at #842; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 10,021Omarion#10,556 → #535
  2. ↑ 3,583Amarion#4,302 → #719
  3. ↑ 3,370Yahir#3,974 → #604
  4. ↑ 1,466Gael#2,185 → #719
  5. ↑ 1,287Lisandro#2,185 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 546Daunte#968 → #1,514
  2. ↓ 405Imanol#921 → #1,326
  3. ↓ 376Shemar#594 → #970
  4. ↓ 347Jade#958 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 311Jalon#873 → #1,184

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2002 →