Lawyer
Lawyer was last recorded in 2021, when 7 babies were given it; 1,021 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lawyer by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lawyer mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lawyer is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lawyer?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,346, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
31 babies in 1930, the peak
Lawyer peaked in 1930, when 31 boys were given it, #1,291 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #10,346 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #13,259 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #12,560 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,140 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,005 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,908 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,708 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,366 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,253 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,866 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (91)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 | #5,920 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,619 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,908 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,988 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,544 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,302 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,409 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,469 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,852 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,499 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,876 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,518 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,825 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,265 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,914 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,502 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,075 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,820 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,040 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,441 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,686 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,987 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,278 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,125 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,216 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,932 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,345 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,213 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,863 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,857 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,940 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,899 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,048 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,964 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,056 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,969 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,873 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,995 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,875 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,842 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,009 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,441 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,098 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,449 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,126 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,368 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 21 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 13 | #905 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 15 | #739 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 10 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,456 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,189 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 11 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,137 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,116 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 7 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 6 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 6 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 12 | #562 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 6 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #999 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lawyer a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lawyer has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 91 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lawyer: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lawyer, and how old are they?
An estimated 269 Americans named Lawyer and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 47 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 373 people named Lawyer (18 women and girls, 355 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 324 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lawyer
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 Lawyer and names like it
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- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Lawyer.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lawyer alive today were born 1946-1964.
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