How Many People Are Named Lawton?
people named Lawton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 195,417 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,866 babies named Lawton in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lawton (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lawton alive today is about 33 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lawton first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 2021, to 53 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lawton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #642, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #3,279.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,279 |
| Best rank | #642 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,170 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lawton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lawton were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 214 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lawton was given 21.7 times as often in Georgia and 10.4 times in South Carolina.
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