Lawson
Lawson was given to 830 boys in 2025, #381 among boys’ names; 19,138 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,300 Americans named Lawson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lawson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lawson?
#381 among boys’ names, 2025
Lawson rose from #437 in 2015 to #381 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.36 to 0.49 per 1,000.
929 babies in 2021, the peak
Lawson peaked in 2021, when 929 babies were given it (896 boys, #364 among boys’ names). The 884 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 95% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 830 | #381 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | 775 | #415 | 0.45 |
| 2023 | 775 | #413 | 0.45 |
| 2022 | 786 | #410 | 0.45 |
| 2021 | 896 | #364 | 0.51 |
| 2020 | 871 | #357 | 0.50 |
| 2019 | 870 | #368 | 0.48 |
| 2018 | 853 | #380 | 0.47 |
| 2017 | 713 | #434 | 0.39 |
| 2016 | 716 | #434 | 0.38 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 699 | #437 | 0.36 |
| 2014 | 576 | #488 | 0.30 |
| 2013 | 523 | #511 | 0.28 |
| 2012 | 492 | #533 | 0.26 |
| 2011 | 432 | #582 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 401 | #617 | 0.21 |
| 2009 | 390 | #643 | 0.20 |
| 2008 | 330 | #707 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 371 | #653 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 336 | #676 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 297 | #696 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 263 | #726 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 215 | #813 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 197 | #844 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 156 | #983 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 158 | #961 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 139 | #1,008 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,225 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 85 | #1,328 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 59 | #1,646 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,537 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,372 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 61 | #1,513 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 46 | #1,810 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,116 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,994 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 48 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,559 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,247 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,307 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,736 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,250 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,976 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,868 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,931 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,560 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,502 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,241 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,904 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,175 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,730 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,670 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,429 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,390 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,796 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,640 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,391 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 32 | #1,396 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,289 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,281 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,374 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,255 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,309 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,240 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,094 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,178 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,178 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,087 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,009 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 49 | #995 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 60 | #882 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 58 | #919 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 49 | #958 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,048 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 53 | #873 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 55 | #904 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 64 | #808 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 57 | #843 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,001 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 59 | #798 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 55 | #845 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 41 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 42 | #962 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 52 | #878 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 46 | #934 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 49 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 51 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 48 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 52 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 62 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 53 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 65 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 70 | #780 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 62 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 73 | #789 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 78 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 79 | #744 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 63 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 86 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 79 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 78 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 80 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 57 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 64 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 53 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 48 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 35 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 24 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 15 | #805 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 12 | #872 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 12 | #804 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 19 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 17 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 16 | #605 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 23 | #447 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 12 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 20 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 22 | #402 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 17 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 11 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 15 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 9 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 12 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 9 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 19 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 8 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 22 | #409 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 14 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 17 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 12 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 20 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 16 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 19 | #412 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 12 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 11 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 18 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 21 | #395 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 12 | #519 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 20 | #388 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lawson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 19,138 Americans recorded as Lawson, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 54 girls and 830 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lawson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lawson, and how old are they?
16,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 19,138 Americans ever recorded as Lawson. The median Lawson alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 11,171 people named Lawson (459 women and girls, 10,712 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,719 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 177 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 508 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 329 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 616 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,490 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10,200 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lawson born?
The states with the most babies named Lawson are Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 83 | #418 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 82 | #170 | 2.0× |
| North Carolina | 56 | #257 | 1.9× |
| Florida | 44 | #437 | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 40 | #143 | 2.4× |
| Michigan | 40 | #255 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 36 | #249 | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 30 | #372 | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 28 | #113 | 2.2× |
| Missouri | 28 | #257 | 1.1× |
Where Lawson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lawson is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lawson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 19,351 babies since 1880, Lawson is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 884 of their 895 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lawson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lawson and names like it
- Compare Lawson and LawsenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLawson peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lawson since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Lawson.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lawson alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.