Sawyer

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Peak · boys
2015 · 4,272 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
65,838
since 1913

Sawyer over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #216, 2021peak #94, 2015girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 7 boys in 1913 (see the data table).

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2901,056#1222,941
2024#2971,065#1312,768
2023#2801,124#1272,843
2022#2421,260#1312,914
2021#2161,377#1143,259
2020#2391,259#1163,189
2019#2481,292#1063,559
2018#2181,428#1003,878
2017#2251,391#954,171
2016#2451,283#974,248
2015#2601,221#944,272
2014#344965#1103,597
2013#446688#1203,166
2012#549542#1472,741
2011#716386#1722,179
2010#786350#1732,220
2009#1,027253#2021,897
2008#1,374175#2251,674
2007#1,645135#2401,511
2006#1,495147#2471,389
2005#1,894102#3071,069
2004#1,835103#439592
2003#2,39369#440570
2002#2,46764#498463
2001#2,48762#486471
2000#2,03481#460517
1999#2,43859#480463
1998#2,33860#502429
1997#2,87442#518389
1996#2,37255#524380
1995#2,45652#491438
1994#3,03838#469463
1993#2,82542#530375
1992#4,38223#595299
1991#4,80820#945126
1990#5,54916#1,12991
1989#5,28616#1,28172
1988#5,89513#1,45153
1987#5,31214#1,21863
1986#6,61210#1,43948
1985—#2,59819
1984—#3,70111
1983—#4,1419
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Sawyer! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Sawyer is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #65 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 207 boysAKMaine: #23 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 124 boysMEVermont: #27 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 101 boysVTNew Hampshire: #43 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 161 boysNHWashington: #104 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 443 boysWAIdaho: #60 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 270 boysIDMontana: #30 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 139 boysMTNorth Dakota: #93 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 280 boysNDMinnesota: #81 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 340 boysMNIllinois: #174 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 729 boysILWisconsin: #66 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 279 boysWIMichigan: #93 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 402 boysMINew York: #266 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 1,173 boysNYMassachusetts: #246 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,126 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Sawyer, so not publishedRIOregon: #94 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 376 boysORNevada: #171 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 664 boysNVWyoming: #39 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 109 boysWYSouth Dakota: #50 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 202 boysSDIowa: #60 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 256 boysIAIndiana: #82 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 348 boysINOhio: #75 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 346 boysOHPennsylvania: #127 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 523 boysPANew Jersey: #324 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,529 boysNJConnecticut: #173 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 660 boysCTCalifornia: #284 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 1,360 boysCAUtah: #70 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 303 boysUTColorado: #139 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 526 boysCONebraska: #89 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 315 boysNEMissouri: #80 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 361 boysMOKentucky: #43 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 223 boysKYWest Virginia: #18 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 128 boysWVVirginia: #112 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 490 boysVAMaryland: #153 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 603 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Sawyer, so not publishedDEArizona: #183 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 696 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Sawyer, so not publishedNMKansas: #101 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 390 boysKSArkansas: #46 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 229 boysARTennessee: #77 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 347 boysTNNorth Carolina: #87 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 381 boysNCSouth Carolina: #67 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 290 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Sawyer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #80 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 340 boysOKLouisiana: #66 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 304 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 212 boysMSAlabama: #42 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 242 boysALGeorgia: #107 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 465 boysGAHawaii: #146 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 417 boysHITexas: #204 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 907 boysTXFlorida: #161 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 713 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#18 · 1 in 128
  2. Maine#23 · 1 in 124
  3. Vermont#27 · 1 in 101
  4. Montana#30 · 1 in 139
  5. Mississippi#38 · 1 in 212

Best ever in a state: #10 in Vermont, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#18481 in 128
Maine#23311 in 124
Vermont#27121 in 101
Montana#30271 in 139
Mississippi#38511 in 212
Wyoming#39101 in 109
Alabama#42891 in 242
Kentucky#43921 in 223
New Hampshire#43281 in 161
Arkansas#46551 in 229
South Dakota#50191 in 202
Idaho#60321 in 270
Iowa#60541 in 256
Alaska#65111 in 207
Louisiana#66631 in 304
Wisconsin#66841 in 279
South Carolina#67731 in 290
Utah#70651 in 303
Ohio#751521 in 346
Tennessee#771061 in 347
Missouri#80771 in 361
Oklahoma#80521 in 340
Minnesota#81721 in 340
Indiana#82911 in 348
North Carolina#871351 in 381
Nebraska#89281 in 315
Michigan#931001 in 402
North Dakota#93121 in 280
Oregon#94401 in 376
Kansas#101361 in 390
Washington#104741 in 443
Georgia#1071081 in 465
Virginia#112761 in 490
Pennsylvania#1271001 in 523
Colorado#139511 in 526
Hawaii#14671 in 417
Maryland#153381 in 603
Florida#1611341 in 713
Nevada#171171 in 664
Connecticut#173201 in 660
Illinois#174681 in 729
Arizona#183471 in 696
Texas#2041931 in 907
Massachusetts#246241 in 1,126
New York#266721 in 1,173
California#2841291 in 1,360
New Jersey#324261 in 1,529
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
New Mexico———
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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.

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See more about Sawyer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#131 → #122)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#116 → #122)
  • Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1992
  • Biggest drop: 33 spots in 1996
Rise & fade · boys
102 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 2015 at #94 (4,272 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2015–2018
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 444
  • Highest: 1 in 444 boys born in 2017 were named Sawyer (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 581 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
  • Its best rank, #94 in 2015, was only 1 in 449 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 51.7% of all boys named Sawyer (34,031) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#2,273 (1913)#2,273
1920s0——
1930s0——
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1970s5#5,772 (1978)#5,772
1980s275#1,218 (1987)#2,261
1990s3,453#469 (1994)#618
2000s10,153#202 (2009)#354
2010s34,031#94 (2015)#121
2020s17,914#114 (2021)#124

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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