Lawson
#837 most common boys' name of all time · #1,915 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#837
Rank overall
#1,915 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
19,138
Since 2016
8,414
Peak year
2021 #364
Best rank
#357 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 929/yr
Lawson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | 830 | 884 | #381 |
| 2024 | 28 | 775 | 803 | #415 |
| 2023 | 34 | 775 | 809 | #412 |
| 2022 | 35 | 786 | 821 | #410 |
| 2021 | 33 | 896 | 929 | #364 |
| 2020 | 22 | 871 | 893 | #357 |
| 2019 | 28 | 870 | 898 | #368 |
| 2018 | 33 | 853 | 886 | #380 |
| 2017 | 35 | 713 | 748 | #433 |
| 2016 | 27 | 716 | 743 | #434 |
| 2015 | 29 | 699 | 728 | #436 |
| 2014 | 25 | 576 | 601 | #488 |
| 2013 | 12 | 523 | 535 | #511 |
| 2012 | 17 | 492 | 509 | #530 |
| 2011 | 11 | 432 | 443 | #580 |
| 2010 | 18 | 401 | 419 | #617 |
| 2009 | 15 | 390 | 405 | #642 |
| 2008 | 12 | 330 | 342 | #707 |
| 2007 | 11 | 371 | 382 | #653 |
| 2006 | 15 | 336 | 351 | #676 |
| 2005 | 13 | 297 | 310 | #695 |
| 2004 | 17 | 263 | 280 | #725 |
| 2003 | 12 | 215 | 227 | #810 |
| 2002 | 6 | 197 | 203 | #845 |
| 2001 | 9 | 156 | 165 | #983 |
| 2000 | 17 | 158 | 175 | #962 |
| 1999 | 6 | 139 | 145 | #1,007 |
| 1998 | 8 | 100 | 108 | #1,226 |
| 1997 | 5 | 85 | 90 | #1,327 |
| 1996 | 6 | 59 | 65 | #1,638 |
| 1995 | 6 | 62 | 68 | #1,527 |
| 1994 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,374 |
| 1993 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,513 |
| 1992 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #1,805 |
| 1991 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,098 |
| 1990 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,970 |
| 1989 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,642 |
| 1988 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,707 |
| 1987 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,219 |
| 1986 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,165 |
| 1985 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,510 |
| 1984 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,799 |
| 1983 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,211 |
| 1982 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,277 |
| 1981 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,686 |
| 1980 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,217 |
| 1979 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,945 |
| 1978 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,808 |
| 1977 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,905 |
| 1976 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,514 |
| 1975 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,207 |
| 1973 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,873 |
| 1972 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,567 |
| 1971 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,130 |
| 1970 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,702 |
| 1969 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,497 |
| 1968 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,653 |
| 1967 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,413 |
| 1966 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,373 |
| 1965 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,777 |
| 1964 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,617 |
| 1963 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,380 |
| 1962 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1961 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,282 |
| 1960 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,274 |
| 1959 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,364 |
| 1958 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,255 |
| 1957 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1956 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1955 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,092 |
| 1954 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,171 |
| 1953 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,175 |
| 1952 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,083 |
| 1951 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,005 |
| 1950 | — | 49 | 49 | #991 |
| 1949 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,050 |
| 1948 | — | 60 | 60 | #880 |
| 1947 | — | 58 | 58 | #917 |
| 1946 | — | 49 | 49 | #954 |
| 1945 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,042 |
| 1944 | — | 53 | 53 | #873 |
| 1943 | — | 55 | 55 | #899 |
| 1942 | — | 64 | 64 | #807 |
| 1941 | — | 57 | 57 | #840 |
| 1940 | — | 42 | 42 | #994 |
| 1939 | — | 59 | 59 | #794 |
| 1938 | — | 55 | 55 | #835 |
| 1937 | — | 41 | 41 | #985 |
| 1936 | — | 42 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | — | 52 | 52 | #874 |
| 1934 | — | 46 | 46 | #932 |
| 1933 | — | 49 | 49 | #886 |
| 1932 | — | 51 | 51 | #903 |
| 1931 | — | 48 | 48 | #941 |
| 1930 | — | 52 | 52 | #930 |
| 1929 | — | 62 | 62 | #827 |
| 1928 | — | 53 | 53 | #927 |
| 1927 | — | 65 | 65 | #826 |
| 1926 | — | 70 | 70 | #777 |
| 1925 | — | 62 | 62 | #843 |
| 1924 | — | 73 | 73 | #789 |
| 1923 | — | 78 | 78 | #738 |
| 1922 | — | 79 | 79 | #743 |
| 1921 | — | 63 | 63 | #878 |
| 1920 | — | 86 | 86 | #693 |
| 1919 | — | 79 | 79 | #706 |
| 1918 | — | 78 | 78 | #725 |
| 1917 | — | 80 | 80 | #669 |
| 1916 | — | 57 | 57 | #824 |
| 1915 | — | 64 | 64 | #750 |
| 1914 | — | 53 | 53 | #713 |
| 1913 | — | 48 | 48 | #641 |
| 1912 | — | 35 | 35 | #728 |
| 1911 | — | 24 | 24 | #626 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #792 |
| 1909 | — | 12 | 12 | #846 |
| 1908 | — | 12 | 12 | #783 |
| 1907 | — | 19 | 19 | #566 |
| 1906 | — | 17 | 17 | #575 |
| 1905 | — | 16 | 16 | #600 |
| 1904 | — | 23 | 23 | #447 |
| 1903 | — | 12 | 12 | #663 |
| 1902 | — | 20 | 20 | #478 |
| 1901 | — | 22 | 22 | #403 |
| 1900 | — | 17 | 17 | #608 |
| 1899 | — | 11 | 11 | #630 |
| 1898 | — | 15 | 15 | #555 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #736 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #650 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #753 |
| 1894 | — | 19 | 19 | #449 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #780 |
| 1892 | — | 22 | 22 | #407 |
| 1891 | — | 14 | 14 | #484 |
| 1890 | — | 17 | 17 | #439 |
| 1889 | — | 12 | 12 | #553 |
| 1888 | — | 20 | 20 | #418 |
| 1887 | — | 16 | 16 | #426 |
| 1886 | — | 19 | 19 | #408 |
| 1885 | — | 12 | 12 | #555 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #571 |
| 1883 | — | 18 | 18 | #415 |
| 1882 | — | 21 | 21 | #391 |
| 1881 | — | 12 | 12 | #505 |
| 1880 | — | 20 | 20 | #388 |