NameTides

Sawyer

Sawyer was the #122 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,941 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #130 in Canada.

Sawyer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sawyer 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Sawyer 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#122 (2,941)#1,613 (16)———#130 (239)
2024#131 (2,768)#2,672 (8)———#130 (245)
2023#127 (2,843)#1,207 (23)#614 (4)—#770 (3)#141 (219)
2022#131 (2,914)#1,782 (13)—#414 (3)—#127 (259)
2021#114 (3,259)#1,688 (14)#477 (6)——#132 (271)
2020#116 (3,189)#1,723 (13)#476 (6)—#741 (3)#125 (270)
2019#106 (3,559)#1,189 (22)#609 (4)—#764 (3)#119 (301)
2018#100 (3,878)#1,324 (19)———#103 (352)
2017#95 (4,171)#1,339 (19)#442 (7)——#110 (347)
2016#97 (4,248)#1,319 (20)#592 (4)—#713 (3)#96 (397)
2015#94 (4,272)#1,442 (17)———#89 (417)
2014#110 (3,597)#1,486 (16)———#116 (361)
2013#120 (3,166)#1,404 (17)———#130 (315)
2012#147 (2,741)#1,962 (11)———#136 (291)
2011#172 (2,179)#1,788 (12)#648 (3)——#161 (231)

Sawyer as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sawyer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Sawyer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#290 (1,056)#4,201 (5)#408 (76)
2024#297 (1,065)#4,844 (4)#302 (102)
2023#280 (1,124)#4,710 (4)#304 (100)
2022#242 (1,260)—#252 (118)
2021#216 (1,377)#3,519 (6)#248 (128)
2020#239 (1,259)#3,899 (5)#310 (102)
2019#248 (1,292)#5,591 (3)#218 (136)
2018#218 (1,428)#5,666 (3)#234 (132)
2017#225 (1,391)#3,583 (6)#208 (146)
2016#245 (1,283)—#211 (151)
2015#260 (1,221)#4,103 (5)#232 (143)
2014#344 (965)#4,684 (4)#292 (113)
2013#446 (688)#4,050 (5)#334 (98)
2012#549 (542)—#435 (73)
2011#716 (386)—#595 (48)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #95.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.
  • In 2025, 26% of US babies named Sawyer were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 580 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 580common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 670common
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sawyer is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 620 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 560 to 1 in 690.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sawyer by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #23MEWisconsin: #66WIVermont: #27VTNew Hampshire: #43NHWashington: #104WAIdaho: #60IDMontana: #30MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #81MNIllinois: #174ILMichigan: #93MINew York: #266NYMassachusetts: #246MAOregon: #94ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: #39WYSouth Dakota: #50SDIowa: #60IAIndiana: #82INOhio: #75OHPennsylvania: #127PANew Jersey: #324NJConnecticut: #173CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #284CAUtah: #70UTColorado: #139CONebraska: #89NEMissouri: #80MOKentucky: #43KYWest Virginia: #18WVVirginia: #112VAMaryland: #153MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #183AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #101KSArkansas: #46ARTennessee: #77TNNorth Carolina: #87NCSouth Carolina: #67SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #80OKLouisiana: #66LAMississippi: #38MSAlabama: #42ALGeorgia: #107GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #204TXFlorida: #161FL
Sawyer (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#13894
Quebec2025#7165

Sawyer (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
SawyerCanadaGirls#40876
SawyerCanadaBoys#130239
SawyerEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
SawyerEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
SawyerIrelandBoys—too few
SawyerNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SawyerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SawyerScotlandBoys—too few
SawyerUSGirls#2901,056
SawyerUSBoys#1222,941