NameTides

Lawson

Lawson was the #381 boys' name in the US in 2025 (830 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #510 in Canada.

Lawson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lawson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Lawson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#381 (830)#1,035 (29)#400 (8)#344 (4)#676 (4)#510 (58)
2024#415 (775)#857 (37)#478 (6)——#633 (43)
2023#412 (775)#1,018 (29)#400 (8)#395 (3)—#592 (45)
2022#410 (786)#656 (53)#472 (6)—#779 (3)#530 (52)
2021#364 (896)#618 (60)#328 (11)#295 (6)—#472 (62)
2020#357 (871)#739 (44)#350 (10)——#456 (63)
2019#368 (870)#552 (68)#296 (12)#274 (6)#646 (4)#516 (54)
2018#380 (853)#465 (87)#325 (11)#234 (8)—#440 (65)
2017#433 (713)#526 (74)#281 (15)#415 (3)—#391 (77)
2016#434 (716)#477 (85)#302 (13)——#406 (74)
2015#436 (699)#416 (99)#255 (17)——#554 (49)
2014#488 (576)#409 (99)#302 (13)——#747 (32)
2013#511 (523)#450 (88)#280 (14)——#656 (38)
2012#530 (492)#476 (81)#392 (8)——#996 (21)
2011#580 (432)#701 (45)#491 (5)——#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #364.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Lawson were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lawson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lawson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #898WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #252MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #325INOhio: #363OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #252MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #141ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #256NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #215OKLouisiana: #211LAMississippi: #108MSAlabama: #141ALGeorgia: #169GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #417TXFlorida: #433FL
Lawson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Lawson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LawsonCanadaBoys#51058
LawsonEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
LawsonIrelandBoys#6764
LawsonNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
LawsonScotlandBoys#4008
LawsonUSGirls#3,02854
LawsonUSBoys#381830