Unisex name · since 1913
Sawyer
65,838 babies named Sawyer in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #422 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #122 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65,838
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sawyer currently ranks #122 among unisex names in America, with 65,838 babies recorded since 1913.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sawyer has been recorded 65,838 times among boys since 1913, currently ranked #122 nationally and more common than 99.1% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #422 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #122 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 65,838 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sawyer ranks #422 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #122 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 65,838 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #422 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #122 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65,838
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sawyer's 65,838 recorded births place it above 99.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Sawyer compares
65,838 Top 4% higher than 96% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sawyer's all-time total is 178x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sawyer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65,838 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 4,272 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sawyer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sawyer's full recorded timeline at 2003, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 4,272 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sawyer popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 4,272
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Sawyer popularity over time - girls
18,338 total births recorded since 1986 (Sawyer as girls' name)
Sawyer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34,031 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Sawyer's strongest decade.
34,031 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Sawyer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 275
1980s
275 births
- 1990s 3,453
1990s
3,453 births
- 2000s 10,153
2000s
10,153 births
- 2010s
2010s
34,031 births
- 2020s
2020s
17,914 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34,031 births (52% of all-time use).
How Sawyer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Sawyer's total volume
Sawyer by state
Where Sawyer concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,945 | 6.0% |
| #2 | California | | 3,738 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 2,750 | 4.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 2,700 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 2,531 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 2,487 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 2,383 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 2,316 | 3.5% |
3,945 of 65,838 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Sawyer appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sawyer's data
- Sawyer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (34,031 total births) through the 2020s (17,914) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Sawyers (3,945 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sawyer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sawyer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.