Meaning not yet researched.
Lawson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 830 in 2025. Its best rank was #357 in 2020.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #357 in 2020; #381 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Lawson in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#381 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2020, at #357.
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Lawson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 830 boys in 2025. Peak: #357 in 2020 · most boys in one year: 896 (2021).
In 2025, 830 US boys were named Lawson, making it the 381st most common boys’ name of the year, up 34 places from #415 in 2024. That is 55 more than the 775 boys named Lawson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #357, reached in 2020. The most boys given the name in a single year was 896, in 2021. For comparison, it was #437 in 2015 and #996 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lawson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 19,138 US babies have been given the name, 3.2% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,510 babies named Lawson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,085 US boys were named Lawson; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 896. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,058 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lawson ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #113 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Lawsyn and Lawsen are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lawsyn (287), Lawsen (213).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lawson in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 28 | #113 | #196 |
| Alabama | 40 | #143 | #182 |
| Arkansas | 25 | #149 | #243 |
| Georgia | 74 | #170 | #209 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | #217 | #432 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #218 | #360 |
| South Carolina | 26 | #218 | #510 |
| Louisiana | 24 | #219 | #167 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #249 | #291 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #254 | — |
| Michigan | 40 | #255 | #616 |
| Missouri | 28 | #257 | #319 |
| North Carolina | 49 | #257 | #219 |
| Kansas | 14 | #270 | #242 |
| Kentucky | 20 | #276 | #345 |
| Idaho | 9 | #292 | — |
| Nebraska | 8 | #319 | #280 |
| Indiana | 23 | #335 | #448 |
| Virginia | 25 | #338 | #379 |
| Ohio | 30 | #372 | #580 |
| Minnesota | 14 | #407 | #678 |
| Texas | 83 | #418 | #438 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #428 | #390 |
| Florida | 44 | #437 | #414 |
| Iowa | 7 | #474 | #326 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #518 | #468 |
| Illinois | 17 | #558 | #588 |
| Colorado | 7 | #727 | #465 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #756 | #783 |
| New York | 14 | #936 | #928 |
| Washington | 6 | #953 | #507 |
| California | 20 | #1,067 | #1,037 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,053 | 830 | #381 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,839 | 775 | #415 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,242 | 775 | #413 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,164 | 786 | #410 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,289 | 896 | #364 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,583 | 871 | #357 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,846 | 870 | #368 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,288 | 853 | #380 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,189 | 713 | #434 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,073 | 716 | #434 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,802 | 699 | #437 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,388 | 576 | #488 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,356 | 523 | #511 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,317 | 492 | #533 |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,114 | 432 | #582 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,083 | 401 | #617 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,277 | 390 | #643 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,832 | 330 | #707 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,529 | 371 | #653 |
| 2006 | 15 | #8,079 | 336 | #676 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,637 | 297 | #696 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,958 | 263 | #726 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,824 | 215 | #814 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,644 | 197 | #845 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,618 | 156 | #984 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,365 | 158 | #963 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,643 | 139 | #1,010 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,687 | 100 | #1,228 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,083 | 85 | #1,331 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,758 | 59 | #1,649 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,652 | 62 | #1,542 |
| 1994 | — | — | 72 | #1,376 |
| 1993 | — | — | 61 | #1,518 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,648 | 46 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | — | — | 35 | #2,122 |
| 1990 | — | — | 38 | #1,999 |
| 1989 | — | — | 48 | #1,651 |
| 1988 | — | — | 41 | #1,722 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,247 |
| 1986 | — | — | 26 | #2,198 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,561 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,820 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,248 |
| 1982 | — | — | 22 | #2,308 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,738 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,250 |
| 1979 | — | — | 27 | #1,976 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,869 |
| 1977 | — | — | 26 | #1,931 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,561 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,504 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,243 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,905 |
| 1972 | — | — | 30 | #1,587 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,176 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,731 |
| 1969 | — | — | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1968 | — | — | 23 | #1,671 |
| 1967 | — | — | 29 | #1,430 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,391 |
| 1965 | — | — | 20 | #1,797 |
| 1964 | — | — | 24 | #1,641 |
| 1963 | — | — | 32 | #1,392 |
| 1962 | — | — | 32 | #1,397 |
| 1961 | — | — | 38 | #1,290 |
| 1960 | — | — | 38 | #1,282 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1958 | — | — | 38 | #1,256 |
| 1957 | — | — | 36 | #1,310 |
| 1956 | — | — | 38 | #1,241 |
| 1955 | — | — | 47 | #1,095 |
| 1954 | — | — | 41 | #1,179 |
| 1953 | — | — | 40 | #1,179 |
| 1952 | — | — | 45 | #1,088 |
| 1951 | — | — | 49 | #1,010 |
| 1950 | — | — | 49 | #996 |
| 1949 | — | — | 45 | #1,056 |
| 1948 | — | — | 60 | #883 |
| 1947 | — | — | 58 | #920 |
| 1946 | — | — | 49 | #958 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,049 |
| 1944 | — | — | 53 | #873 |
| 1943 | — | — | 55 | #904 |
| 1942 | — | — | 64 | #808 |
| 1941 | — | — | 57 | #843 |
| 1940 | — | — | 42 | #1,001 |
| 1939 | — | — | 59 | #798 |
| 1938 | — | — | 55 | #845 |
| 1937 | — | — | 41 | #998 |
| 1936 | — | — | 42 | #962 |
| 1935 | — | — | 52 | #878 |
| 1934 | — | — | 46 | #934 |
| 1933 | — | — | 49 | #892 |
| 1932 | — | — | 51 | #907 |
| 1931 | — | — | 48 | #951 |
| 1930 | — | — | 52 | #936 |
| 1929 | — | — | 62 | #829 |
| 1928 | — | — | 53 | #930 |
| 1927 | — | — | 65 | #834 |
| 1926 | — | — | 70 | #780 |
| 1925 | — | — | 62 | #850 |
| 1924 | — | — | 73 | #789 |
| 1923 | — | — | 78 | #742 |
| 1922 | — | — | 79 | #744 |
| 1921 | — | — | 63 | #880 |
| 1920 | — | — | 86 | #698 |
| 1919 | — | — | 79 | #711 |
| 1918 | — | — | 78 | #726 |
| 1917 | — | — | 80 | #671 |
| 1916 | — | — | 57 | #829 |
| 1915 | — | — | 64 | #754 |
| 1914 | — | — | 53 | #718 |
| 1913 | — | — | 48 | #646 |
| 1912 | — | — | 35 | #729 |
| 1911 | — | — | 24 | #637 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #805 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #872 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #804 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #576 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #578 |
| 1905 | — | — | 16 | #605 |
| 1904 | — | — | 23 | #447 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #680 |
| 1902 | — | — | 20 | #483 |
| 1901 | — | — | 22 | #402 |
| 1900 | — | — | 17 | #611 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #641 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #557 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #761 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #658 |
| 1895 | — | — | 9 | #771 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #452 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #802 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #409 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #489 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #450 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #569 |
| 1888 | — | — | 20 | #424 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #433 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #412 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #565 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #589 |
| 1883 | — | — | 18 | #424 |
| 1882 | — | — | 21 | #395 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #519 |
| 1880 | — | — | 20 | #388 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).