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Sawyer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,941 in 2025. Its best rank was #94 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #94 in 2015; #122 in 2025. About 74% of babies named Sawyer in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#122 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #94.
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Sawyer: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,941 boys in 2025. Peak: #94 in 2015 · most boys in one year: 4,272 (2015).
In 2025, 2,941 US boys were named Sawyer, making it the 122nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 9 places from #131 in 2024. That is 173 more than the 2,768 boys named Sawyer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #94, reached in 2015. That year also had the most boys given the name: 4,272. For comparison, it was #94 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 1,056 US girls were named Sawyer, making it the 291st most common girls’ name of the year, up 6 places from #297 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 1,065 girls named Sawyer in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #216, reached in 2021. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,428, in 2018. For comparison, it was #261 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sawyer in 45 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 7 babies. In all, 84,176 US babies have been given the name, 22% of them girls and 78% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 43,577 babies named Sawyer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 33,770 US boys were named Sawyer; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,248. In 2025 that was about 1 in 581 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sawyer ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #18 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 28 states (counting DC).
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 48 | #18 | #39 |
| Maine | 31 | #27 | #38 |
| Vermont | 12 | #32 | #29 |
| Montana | 27 | #33 | #56 |
| Mississippi | 51 | #38 | #61 |
| Kentucky | 92 | #43 | #62 |
| Wyoming | 10 | #44 | #37 |
| Alabama | 89 | #44 | #39 |
| New Hampshire | 28 | #45 | #55 |
| Arkansas | 55 | #47 | #43 |
| South Dakota | 19 | #54 | #78 |
| Iowa | 54 | #60 | #39 |
| Idaho | 32 | #66 | #43 |
| South Carolina | 73 | #67 | #80 |
| Louisiana | 63 | #68 | #67 |
| Wisconsin | 84 | #68 | #33 |
| Utah | 65 | #70 | #39 |
| Ohio | 152 | #75 | #102 |
| Alaska | 11 | #75 | #74 |
| Tennessee | 106 | #78 | #64 |
| Oklahoma | 52 | #81 | #76 |
| Indiana | 91 | #82 | #70 |
| Minnesota | 72 | #82 | #49 |
| Missouri | 77 | #83 | #64 |
| North Carolina | 135 | #87 | #76 |
| Nebraska | 28 | #89 | #46 |
| Michigan | 100 | #95 | #70 |
| Oregon | 40 | #98 | #57 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #103 | #40 |
| Washington | 74 | #106 | #61 |
| Kansas | 36 | #106 | #86 |
| Georgia | 108 | #108 | #86 |
| Virginia | 76 | #112 | #106 |
| Pennsylvania | 100 | #127 | #105 |
| Colorado | 51 | #143 | #73 |
| Maryland | 38 | #158 | #134 |
| Florida | 134 | #162 | #137 |
| Illinois | 68 | #177 | #120 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #177 | #231 |
| Connecticut | 20 | #177 | #188 |
| Nevada | 17 | #184 | #115 |
| Arizona | 47 | #187 | #169 |
| Texas | 193 | #204 | #179 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #256 | #131 |
| New York | 72 | #267 | #179 |
| California | 129 | #288 | #198 |
| New Jersey | 26 | #333 | #234 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,056 | #291 | 2,941 | #122 |
| 2024 | 1,065 | #297 | 2,768 | #131 |
| 2023 | 1,124 | #280 | 2,843 | #127 |
| 2022 | 1,260 | #242 | 2,914 | #131 |
| 2021 | 1,377 | #216 | 3,259 | #114 |
| 2020 | 1,259 | #239 | 3,189 | #116 |
| 2019 | 1,292 | #248 | 3,559 | #106 |
| 2018 | 1,428 | #219 | 3,878 | #100 |
| 2017 | 1,391 | #225 | 4,171 | #95 |
| 2016 | 1,283 | #245 | 4,248 | #97 |
| 2015 | 1,221 | #261 | 4,272 | #94 |
| 2014 | 965 | #344 | 3,597 | #110 |
| 2013 | 688 | #447 | 3,166 | #120 |
| 2012 | 542 | #550 | 2,741 | #147 |
| 2011 | 386 | #719 | 2,179 | #172 |
| 2010 | 350 | #788 | 2,220 | #173 |
| 2009 | 253 | #1,029 | 1,897 | #202 |
| 2008 | 175 | #1,379 | 1,674 | #225 |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,654 | 1,511 | #240 |
| 2006 | 147 | #1,502 | 1,389 | #247 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,906 | 1,069 | #307 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,852 | 592 | #439 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,408 | 570 | #441 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,493 | 463 | #499 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,508 | 471 | #487 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,047 | 517 | #461 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,463 | 463 | #482 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,360 | 429 | #502 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,926 | 389 | #520 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,392 | 380 | #525 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,476 | 438 | #492 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,087 | 463 | #469 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,868 | 375 | #532 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,498 | 299 | #596 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,965 | 126 | #952 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,777 | 91 | #1,132 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,494 | 72 | #1,290 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,191 | 53 | #1,464 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,556 | 63 | #1,230 |
| 1986 | 10 | #7,022 | 48 | #1,453 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,693 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,891 |
| 1983 | — | — | 9 | #4,435 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,601 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,469 |
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).