Law
Boy · LAW · English
Law is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Law mean?
English: English word, also a medieval short form of Lawrence
Law was a medieval short form of Lawrence, giving surnames such as Lawson; it is also the English word.
- Say it
- LAW
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Is Law a girl's or a boy's name?
Law is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Law in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Law, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had fewer boys named Law than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Law in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Law in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Law
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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