How Many People Are Named Lawson?
people named Lawson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,877 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,138 babies named Lawson in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
929 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "son of LAURENCE (1)".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lawson, 3.7% were girls and 96.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lawson alive today is about 14 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lawson first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 929 babies. In 2025, 884 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lawson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #357, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #381.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #381 |
| Best rank | #357 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #473 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lawson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lawson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,557 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lawson was given 3.8 times as often in Mississippi, 3.7 times in Alabama and 3.7 times in Arkansas.
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