Lawton
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,861since 1889
Lawton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lawton has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,240 | 36 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,161 | 38 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,117 | 39 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,879 | 28 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,652 | 48 |
| 2020 | — | #2,806 | 43 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,715 | 45 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,441 | 32 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,085 | 37 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,162 | 36 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,823 | 27 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,313 | 33 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,024 | 36 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,470 | 42 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,943 | 31 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,993 | 29 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,722 | 31 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,480 | 28 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,406 | 29 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,400 | 23 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,168 | 32 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,273 | 28 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,426 | 24 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,368 | 28 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,147 | 38 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,264 | 33 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,235 | 34 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,226 | 35 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,108 | 41 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,222 | 31 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #986 | 32 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Lawton! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lawton is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
| Florida | #1,625 | 6 | 1 in 15,922 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lawton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 434 spots since 2020 (#2,806 → #3,240)
- Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1914
- Biggest drop: 547 spots in 1907
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1899 at #613 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1901–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,656
- Highest: 1 in 9,656 boys born in 1899 were named Lawton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 12.4% of all boys named Lawton (355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 30 | #613 (1899) | #828 |
| 1900s | 67 | #647 (1904) | #909 |
| 1910s | 218 | #986 (1914) | #1,302 |
| 1920s | 327 | #1,108 (1920) | #1,281 |
| 1930s | 251 | #1,168 (1937) | #1,380 |
| 1940s | 206 | #1,368 (1940) | #1,571 |
| 1950s | 231 | #1,361 (1954) | #1,666 |
| 1960s | 166 | #1,700 (1964) | #2,002 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,323 (1972) | #3,030 |
| 1980s | 128 | #2,559 (1987) | #3,848 |
| 1990s | 204 | #2,722 (1999) | #3,437 |
| 2000s | 313 | #2,470 (2003) | #3,234 |
| 2010s | 355 | #2,715 (2017) | #3,203 |
| 2020s | 232 | #2,652 (2021) | #3,143 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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