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How popular is the name Lawson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lawsons are alive today.
Lawson (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1035th in 2025 and given to 29 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 99 babies were given the name, the 409th most popular that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 29% of its peak.
The Lawson you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Lawsons born in England and Wales are between 8 and 17, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lawson - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Lawson.
How many babies are named Lawson each year?
Where does Lawson rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lawson most popular?
Lawson peaked in 2014, when 99 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lawson?
At least 1,300 people named Lawson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lawson?
Most living Lawsons are between 8 and 17; the most common age is about 12.
Is Lawson becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.