Sawyer

Boy · recorded 1913–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.8 to 1)

  • #122in 2025
  • 1 in 580boys in 2025
  • −23%last ten years
  • 5.9×in Vermont

Most popular in 2017. Quieter now: down 23% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

01,1272,25319131941196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Sawyer, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191314
19783
19835
19846
198510
198626
198734
198828
198936
199044
199162
1992150
1993191
1994240
1995230
1996201
1997206
1998224
1999241
2000263
2001242
2002238
2003289
2004298
2005535
2006676
2007728
2008821
2009956
20101,157
20111,147
20121,445
20131,674
20141,873
20152,229
20162,238
20172,253
20182,135
20191,984
20201,848
20211,863
20221,669
20231,662
20241,607
20251,722

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 5.9×
  2. Wyoming 5.2×
  3. Maine 4.6×
  4. West Virginia 3.9×
  5. North Dakota 3.9×

More like it

More like Sawyer

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,941
Rank in 2025
#122
How rare
1 in 580 boys
Since 1913
65,838

Most popular in 2017, at 2,253 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 23% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont5.9×35
Wyoming5.2×29
Maine4.6×86
West Virginia3.9×122
North Dakota3.9×65

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.