Girl & boy name
Sawyer
Sawyer holds the #122 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 2,941 newborn boys in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2015 (#94 nationally, 4,272 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1913. The name's biggest fan base is in West Virginia (#18 there in 2025).
Rankings
Sawyer popularity, 1880–2025
Where Sawyer is most popular
Uniqueness score
A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Sawyer in the most recent year of SSA data.
Sawyer as a girl name
As of 2025, Sawyer ranks #290 among American girls' names, according to Social Security records. 1,056 girls received the name that year. Popularity is fading: #239 five years ago, #290 now. SSA records for Sawyer go back to 1986; the peak came in 2021 at #216, with 1,377 babies named that year. Geographically, it's strongest in Montana, where it ranks #91 among girl names.