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Sawyer name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Sawyer ranks #122 in male records (2,941 reported) and #291 in female records (1,056 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

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Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#291 · 1,056 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 9 female records (1,065 to 1,056); rank moved from #297 to #291.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 321 female records (1,377 to 1,056); rank moved from #216 to #291.
2025 male rank and count
#122 · 2,941 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 173 male records (2,768 to 2,941); rank moved from #131 to #122.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 318 male records (3,259 to 2,941); rank moved from #114 to #122.
Peak year in available data
2016: 4,248 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Sawyer becoming more popular?

Sawyer's reported male count increased by 173 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #131 to #122. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Sawyer in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for SawyerFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.4,2480201620252016: 1,283 female records2017: 1,391 female records2018: 1,428 female records2019: 1,292 female records2020: 1,259 female records2021: 1,377 female records2022: 1,260 female records2023: 1,124 female records2024: 1,065 female records2025: 1,056 female records2016: 4,248 male records2017: 4,171 male records2018: 3,878 male records2019: 3,559 male records2020: 3,189 male records2021: 3,259 male records2022: 2,914 male records2023: 2,843 male records2024: 2,768 male records2025: 2,941 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,0562912,941122
20241,0652972,768131
20231,1242802,843127
20221,2602422,914131
20211,3772163,259114
20201,2592393,189116
20191,2922483,559106
20181,4282193,878100
20171,3912254,17195
20161,2832454,24897

Questions about Sawyer’s popularity

How common is Sawyer in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Sawyer ranks #122 in male records (2,941 reported) and #291 in female records (1,056 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Sawyer?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Sawyer only.

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