Lawless — boys' name
29 babies named Lawless in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 boys have been named Lawless since 1915, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 2025.
- 29
- total births
- 1915–2025
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Lawless was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lawless in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lawless
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Lawless between 1915 and 2025, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lawless currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lawless performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lawless shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lawless in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lawless in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lawless at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lawless popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1915
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
29 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 7 births in a single year.
Lawless by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 12 births that decade — 41% of Lawless's all-time total
Lawless decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Lawless's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Lawless by state
Where Lawless concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 17.2% |
5 of 29 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 17.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 17.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.