Lawyer
#4,752 most common boys' name of all time · #11,713 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–2021
Rank among boys
#4,752
Rank overall
#11,713 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
1,021
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1930 #1,286
Best rank
#576 1886
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Lawyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,738 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,052 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,504 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,407 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,565 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,041 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,902 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,793 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,463 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,445 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,528 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,114 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,614 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,667 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,139 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,258 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,689 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,331 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,687 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,363 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,981 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,512 |
| 1956 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1955 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,446 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,969 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,738 |
| 1952 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,016 |
| 1951 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,389 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,603 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,960 |
| 1948 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,235 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,091 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,155 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,419 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,165 |
| 1941 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 1940 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,817 |
| 1939 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,920 |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,104 |
| 1936 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,598 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,141 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,878 |
| 1933 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,009 |
| 1932 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,937 |
| 1931 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,016 |
| 1930 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,286 |
| 1929 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,952 |
| 1928 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1926 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,862 |
| 1925 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,818 |
| 1924 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1923 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1922 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,386 |
| 1920 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1919 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,820 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1917 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,336 |
| 1916 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,432 |
| 1915 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,088 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,298 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,275 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,767 |
| 1911 | — | 21 | 21 | #700 |
| 1910 | — | 13 | 13 | #894 |
| 1909 | — | 15 | 15 | #739 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #914 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,385 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,164 |
| 1905 | — | 11 | 11 | #768 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,005 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,083 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,162 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,017 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,090 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,003 |
| 1891 | — | 7 | 7 | #811 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #936 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #877 |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 12 | #576 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #913 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #890 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,003 |