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How popular is “Lawson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lawson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lawson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lawson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lawson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lawson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lawson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lawson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 20 0.000099263 20 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 -100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 -100%
1901 22 0.000063618 22 -100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 23 0.000057003 23 -100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 -100%
1906 17 0.000039678 17 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 24 0.000037251 24 -100%
1912 35 0.000035423 35 -100%
1913 48 0.000042212 48 -100%
1914 53 0.00003742 53 -100%
1915 64 0.000034926 64 -100%
1916 57 0.000029466 57 -100%
1917 80 0.000039865 80 -100%
1918 78 0.000035926 78 -100%
1919 79 0.000037436 79 -100%
1920 86 0.000038009 86 -100%
1921 63 0.000026986 63 -100%
1922 79 0.000034511 79 -100%
1923 78 0.000033877 78 -100%
1924 73 0.000030652 73 -100%
1925 62 0.000026572 62 -100%
1926 70 0.000030489 70 -100%
1927 65 0.000028025 65 -100%
1928 53 0.000023442 53 -100%
1929 62 0.000028283 62 -100%
1930 52 0.000023389 52 -100%
1931 48 0.000022809 48 -100%
1932 51 0.000024156 51 -100%
1933 49 0.000024507 49 -100%
1934 46 0.000022149 46 -100%
1935 52 0.000024882 52 -100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 -100%
1937 41 0.000019243 41 -100%
1938 55 0.000024858 55 -100%
1939 59 0.000026776 59 -100%
1940 42 0.00001824 42 -100%
1941 57 0.000023395 57 -100%
1942 64 0.000023428 64 -100%
1943 55 0.000019486 55 -100%
1944 53 0.000019702 53 -100%
1945 38 0.000014324 38 -100%
1946 49 0.000015335 49 -100%
1947 58 0.000016101 58 -100%
1948 60 0.000017379 60 -100%
1949 45 0.000012913 45 -100%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 -100%
1951 49 0.000013302 49 -100%
1952 45 0.000011848 45 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 41 0.0000103 41 -100%
1955 47 0.000011706 47 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 -100%
1958 38 0.000009192 38 -100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 38 0.000009174 38 -100%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 -100%
1963 32 0.000008084 32 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 30 0.000009545 30 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 26 0.000008185 26 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 27 0.000008115 27 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 20 0.000005604 20 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 -100%
1989 48 0.000012486 48 -100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 35 -100%
1992 52 0.000013537 6 46 -77%
1993 61 0.000016179 61 -100%
1994 72 0.000019367 72 -100%
1995 68 0.000018568 6 62 -82%
1996 65 0.000017822 6 59 -82%
1997 90 0.000024822 5 85 -89%
1998 108 0.000029362 8 100 -85%
1999 145 0.000039254 6 139 -92%
2000 175 0.000046297 17 158 -81%
2001 165 0.000044078 9 156 -89%
2002 203 0.000054303 6 197 -94%
2003 227 0.0000597 12 215 -89%
2004 280 0.000073281 17 263 -88%
2005 310 0.000080627 13 297 -92%
2006 351 0.000088722 15 336 -91%
2007 382 0.000095555 11 371 -94%
2008 342 0.000087008 12 330 -93%
2009 405 0.000106016 15 390 -93%
2010 419 0.000113374 18 401 -91%
2011 443 0.000121111 11 432 -95%
2012 508 0.000138898 17 491 -93%
2013 535 0.00014675 12 523 -96%
2014 601 0.000162153 25 576 -92%
2015 728 0.000196708 29 699 -92%
2016 743 0.000202524 27 716 -93%
2017 748 0.000209161 35 713 -91%
2018 886 0.000251998 33 853 -93%
2019 898 0.00025872 28 870 -94%
2020 892 0.00026702 22 870 -95%
2021 929 0.000274207 33 896 -93%
2022 820 0.000242379 35 785 -91%
2023 807 0.000243719 33 774 -92%
2024 801 0.000240649 27 774 -93%

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