Sawyer

#290 for girls in 2025, 1,056 births · #122 for boys in 2025, 2,941 births
Given to boys 78.2% of the time

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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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #94, 2015girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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
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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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #50 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 173 boysAKMaine: #29 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 132 boysMEVermont: #24 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 99 boysVTNew Hampshire: #51 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 164 boysNHWashington: #85 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 345 boysWAIdaho: #40 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 194 boysIDMontana: #48 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 180 boysMTNorth Dakota: #44 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 162 boysNDMinnesota: #42 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 217 boysMNIllinois: #141 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 568 boysILWisconsin: #36 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 203 boysWIMichigan: #75 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 304 boysMINew York: #186 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 825 boysNYMassachusetts: #150 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 629 boysMARhode Island: #170 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 587 boysRIOregon: #45 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 210 boysORNevada: #158 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 572 boysNVWyoming: #50 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 141 boysWYSouth Dakota: #29 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 152 boysSDIowa: #39 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 202 boysIAIndiana: #65 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 272 boysINOhio: #111 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 425 boysOHPennsylvania: #115 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 477 boysPANew Jersey: #265 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,181 boysNJConnecticut: #117 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 448 boysCTCalifornia: #256 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 1,201 boysCAUtah: #60 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 279 boysUTColorado: #77 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 300 boysCONebraska: #67 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 254 boysNEMissouri: #65 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 286 boysMOKentucky: #45 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 203 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 137 boysWVVirginia: #113 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 448 boysVAMaryland: #176 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 694 boysMDDelaware: #132 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 402 boysDEArizona: #152 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 570 boysAZNew Mexico: #262 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 956 boysNMKansas: #108 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 383 boysKSArkansas: #24 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 154 boysARTennessee: #53 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 231 boysTNNorth Carolina: #73 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 292 boysNCSouth Carolina: #79 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 312 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #153 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 493 boysDCOklahoma: #67 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 290 boysOKLouisiana: #77 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 309 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 224 boysMSAlabama: #32 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 184 boysALGeorgia: #93 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 387 boysGAHawaii: #240 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 767 boysHITexas: #149 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 638 boysTXFlorida: #130 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 524 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#24 · 1 in 99
  2. Arkansas#24 · 1 in 154
  3. Maine#29 · 1 in 132
  4. West Virginia#29 · 1 in 137
  5. South Dakota#29 · 1 in 152

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#24881 in 154
Vermont#24151 in 99
Maine#29321 in 132
South Dakota#29251 in 152
West Virginia#29551 in 137
Alabama#321231 in 184
Wisconsin#361271 in 203
Iowa#39711 in 202
Idaho#40401 in 194
Minnesota#421231 in 217
North Dakota#44241 in 162
Kentucky#451031 in 203
Oregon#45791 in 210
Montana#48201 in 180
Alaska#50171 in 173
Wyoming#50101 in 141
New Hampshire#51261 in 164
Tennessee#531541 in 231
Mississippi#57581 in 224
Utah#60701 in 279
Indiana#651251 in 272
Missouri#651061 in 286
Nebraska#67371 in 254
Oklahoma#67651 in 290
North Carolina#731721 in 292
Michigan#751511 in 304
Colorado#77861 in 300
Louisiana#77741 in 309
South Carolina#79671 in 312
Washington#851001 in 345
Georgia#931351 in 387
Kansas#108381 in 383
Ohio#1111351 in 425
Virginia#113911 in 448
Pennsylvania#1151201 in 477
Connecticut#117311 in 448
Florida#1301831 in 524
Delaware#13281 in 402
Illinois#1411051 in 568
Texas#1492741 in 638
Massachusetts#150451 in 629
Arizona#152601 in 570
District of Columbia#15381 in 493
Nevada#158231 in 572
Rhode Island#17061 in 587
Maryland#176381 in 694
New York#1861161 in 825
Hawaii#24051 in 767
California#2561721 in 1,201
New Mexico#26281 in 956
New Jersey#265341 in 1,181

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 Sawyer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#131 → #122)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#116 → #122)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#94 → #122)
  • Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1992 (#945 → #595)
  • Biggest drop: 33 spots in 1996 (#491 → #524)
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.

Sawyer in 2018

girls
#218
1,428 births · 1 in 1,191 girls
boys
#100
3,878 births · 1 in 468 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #218Sawyer1,428

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #100Sawyer3,878
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 1,191 of them was named Sawyer, which outranked 98.8% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sawyer
  1. #215Ana1,449
  2. #216Mariah1,440
  3. #217Nicole1,429
  4. #218Sawyer1,428
  5. #218Payton1,428
  6. #220Brooklynn1,426
  7. #221Georgia1,424
  8. #222Marley1,418

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 468 of them was named Sawyer, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sawyer
  1. #97Kayden4,004
  2. #98Miles3,994
  3. #99Jason3,880
  4. #100Sawyer3,878
  5. #101Declan3,812
  6. #102Weston3,782
  7. #103Micah3,780
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →