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Lawson

#381 in 2025Boys' name

Son of Laurence 1

Lawson has been given to 19,138 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #381 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 896 recorded.

Babies named Lawson, 2025

1 in 3,990

Lawson over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lawson: meaning, origin, and history

Son of Laurence 1

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lawson means

Lawson means “son of Laurence 1”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18,533 boys were recorded with the name Lawson between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 896 in 2021; its best national rank was #357 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #357 in 2020 to #381 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #437 in 2015 to #381 in 2025.

In the United States, 605 girls were recorded with the name Lawson between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 54 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,053 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,579 in 2020 to #3,053 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,801 in 2015 to #3,053 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lawson?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,990
830 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,060
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#381
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,770 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lawson sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 50012%

Put another way: gather 2,770 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lawson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lawsons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lawson was born before 2014 — so the typical Lawson is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
15,826
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Choose a decade

2010s — 33.9% of all recorded uses (6,275).

Is Lawson rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+34
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−24
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+56
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.19×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
92.6%
Peak was 2021 (896)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#357
2020

Spellings of Lawson

Lawson is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 51.1% against Lawson's 0.90%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lawson is used

Across 2016–2025, Lawson was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 495 boys, against 1 in 1,933 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 20,000).

5202 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 495
  2. 2Alabama1 in 571
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 585
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 606
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 758
  6. 6Kansas1 in 855
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 877
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 943

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Lawson is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 81% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Lawson around the world

Where Lawson ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,035
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2003–2025
    #400
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2007–2025
    #344
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2019–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    2000–2025
    #2,673
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1958–2013
    #239
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Lawson

People whose public names include Lawson, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lawson by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#381
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 24
Best rank ever
#357
2020
Peak year
2021
896 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
18,533
Count in 2025
830

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,053
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,526
Best rank ever
#3,053
2025
Peak year
2025
54 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
605
Count in 2025
54

Names similar to Lawson

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Lawson

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lawson, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Lawson

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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