Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lawton

#2,515 most common boys' name of all time · #6,056 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1889–2025

Rank among boys
#2,515
Rank overall
#6,056 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
2,866
Since 2016
390
Peak year
2021 #2,657
Best rank
#660 1899
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lawton first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 36 36 #3,245
2024 — 38 38 #3,167
2023 — 39 39 #3,124
2022 — 28 28 #3,886
2021 5 48 53 #2,657
2020 — 43 43 #2,810
2019 — 37 37 #3,148
2018 — 39 39 #3,004
2017 — 45 45 #2,724
2016 — 32 32 #3,451
2015 — 37 37 #3,092
2014 — 36 36 #3,097
2013 — 34 34 #3,193
2012 — 26 26 #3,900
2011 — 39 39 #2,952
2010 — 30 30 #3,547
2009 — 36 36 #3,166
2008 — 27 27 #3,832
2007 — 33 33 #3,316
2006 — 36 36 #3,033
2005 — 33 33 #3,104
2004 — 22 22 #4,016
2003 — 42 42 #2,472
2002 — 31 31 #2,951
2001 — 24 24 #3,521
2000 — 29 29 #3,002
1999 — 31 31 #2,729
1998 — 28 28 #2,858
1997 — 18 18 #3,745
1996 — 21 21 #3,304
1995 — 17 17 #3,709
1994 — 15 15 #4,116
1993 — 25 25 #2,798
1992 — 21 21 #3,118
1991 — 12 12 #4,504
1990 — 16 16 #3,631
1989 — 9 9 #5,201
1988 — 21 21 #2,696
1987 — 21 21 #2,578
1986 — 5 5 #6,817
1985 — 12 12 #3,634
1984 — 17 17 #2,725
1983 — 8 8 #4,542
1982 — 11 11 #3,731
1981 — 11 11 #3,633
1980 — 13 13 #3,277
1979 — 11 11 #3,599
1978 — 19 19 #2,394
1977 — 13 13 #3,069
1976 — 15 15 #2,732
1975 — 7 7 #4,375
1974 — 8 8 #3,893
1973 — 13 13 #2,749
1972 — 16 16 #2,347
1971 — 13 13 #2,716
1970 — 12 12 #2,771
1969 — 17 17 #2,067
1968 — 14 14 #2,230
1967 — 15 15 #2,061
1966 — 17 17 #1,913
1965 — 15 15 #2,116
1964 — 22 22 #1,714
1963 — 15 15 #2,139
1962 — 16 16 #2,056
1961 — 19 19 #1,902
1960 — 16 16 #2,066
1959 — 13 13 #2,328
1958 — 18 18 #1,913
1957 — 23 23 #1,685
1956 — 28 28 #1,492
1955 — 28 28 #1,467
1954 — 31 31 #1,367
1953 — 25 25 #1,526
1952 — 29 29 #1,417
1951 — 15 15 #2,006
1950 — 21 21 #1,631
1949 — 21 21 #1,636
1948 — 17 17 #1,842
1947 — 16 16 #1,942
1946 — 20 20 #1,617
1945 — 17 17 #1,655
1944 — 23 23 #1,418
1943 — 22 22 #1,508
1942 — 22 22 #1,513
1941 — 24 24 #1,395
1940 — 24 24 #1,382
1939 — 23 23 #1,410
1938 — 27 27 #1,297
1937 — 32 32 #1,175
1936 — 19 19 #1,564
1935 — 28 28 #1,282
1934 — 17 17 #1,747
1933 — 25 25 #1,348
1932 — 24 24 #1,448
1931 — 28 28 #1,319
1930 — 28 28 #1,385
1929 — 28 28 #1,354
1928 — 38 38 #1,162
1927 — 24 24 #1,580
1926 — 33 33 #1,271
1925 — 26 26 #1,472
1924 — 35 35 #1,238
1923 — 34 34 #1,248
1922 — 33 33 #1,275
1921 — 35 35 #1,247
1920 — 41 41 #1,112
1919 — 25 25 #1,464
1918 — 28 28 #1,363
1917 — 31 31 #1,231
1916 — 36 36 #1,085
1915 — 25 25 #1,359
1914 — 32 32 #997
1913 — 16 16 #1,345
1912 — 12 12 #1,478
1911 — 8 8 #1,342
1910 — 5 5 #1,694
1907 — 5 5 #1,450
1906 — 10 10 #840
1905 — 7 7 #1,072
1904 — 13 13 #681
1903 — 7 7 #996
1902 — 9 9 #853
1901 — 9 9 #774
1900 — 7 7 #1,133
1899 — 11 11 #660
1898 — 7 7 #985
1897 — 7 7 #931
1891 — 5 5 #1,102
1889 — 6 6 #968