How rare is the name Sawyer?

56,257 people in the United States have the first name Sawyer, about 1 in 5,369. It ranks #831 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAWYER

#831

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
56,257
About
1 in 5,369
This common or more
67.3%
Who bears it

Of the 56,257 people named Sawyer, 89.5% reported their origin as White, 4.6% as two or more races and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sawyer peaked in 2017, when 5,562 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
5,562
In 2025*
3,997 ▼28%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 84,176 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sawyer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #136. The largest share of babies named Sawyer, 71.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#10,6457
1970s#24,5405
1980s#4,550328
1990s#1,1253,860
2000s#57111,344
2010s#15043,577
2020s#13625,055
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1225.2%
2013 and later71.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sawyer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sawyer has been most common in Utah (3×), Idaho (2.9×), and Alaska (2.4×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.17×).

81,880 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sawyer

#829 Adrienne · 56,597#830 Gracie · 56,345#832 Mariana · 56,200#833 Skyler · 56,083

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sawyer, most common first.

#21,691 Sayer · 466

Also a last name

As a last name, Sawyer ranks #718 of 156,621, with 46,929 people. See Sawyer as a last name

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