Lawyer
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,021since 1880
Lawyer over time
Rank among boys' names. Lawyer has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,283 | 31 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lawyer was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lawyer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 468 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 1,057 spots in 1912 (#689 → #1,746)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #540 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1908–1911
- Highest: 1 in 9,232 boys born in 1886 were named Lawyer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all boys named Lawyer (174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #540 (1886) | #791 |
| 1890s | 35 | #766 (1891) | #953 |
| 1900s | 66 | #714 (1909) | #983 |
| 1910s | 174 | #689 (1911) | #1,498 |
| 1920s | 173 | #1,695 (1922) | #1,933 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,283 (1930) | #1,823 |
| 1940s | 129 | #1,802 (1940) | #2,071 |
| 1950s | 103 | #1,886 (1956) | #2,699 |
| 1960s | 53 | #2,242 (1967) | #3,245 |
| 1970s | 23 | #4,582 (1977) | #5,093 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,484 (1983) | #5,484 |
| 1990s | 28 | #6,415 (1990) | #8,101 |
| 2000s | 19 | #7,536 (2001) | #9,467 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,868 |
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.
Lawyer in 1882
Top boys' names in 1882
More about 1882
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113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 18,948 of them was named Lawyer, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).