Mostly boys · peaked in 2017
Sawyer name popularity since 1925
84,169 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sawyer (21.8% girls, 78.2% boys). Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Sawyer is about 10 years old in 2026. Sawyer peaked in 2017 as the #95 name for boys, and it ranked #122 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 84,169
- Named Sawyer, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #122
- for boys in 2025 (2,941 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 78.2% boys
- 18,338 girls · 65,831 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Sawyer made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sawyer births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2015. Measured as a share of all babies, Sawyer peaked in 2017.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Sawyer became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 16,000 baby boys to 1 in 4,990.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Sawyer's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sawyer.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sawyer in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 53 | 275 | #2,693 |
| 1990s | 407 | 3,453 | #492 |
| 2000s | 1,191 | 10,153 | #307 |
| 2010s | 9,546 | 34,031 | #94 |
| 2020–25 | 7,141 | 17,914 | #122 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
71.5% of babies named Sawyer from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Sawyer is most popular
The index compares Sawyer's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sawyer.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.85× | 2,007 |
| Idaho | 2.84× | 937 |
| Montana | 2.49× | 604 |
| Vermont | 2.35× | 325 |
| New Hampshire | 2.30× | 599 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sawyer's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sawyer.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sawyer (2017).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data