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Lawson

Gender
Boy
Say it
LAW-son
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#854 for boys
US rank, 2025
#381 for boys

Lawson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Laurence”. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies) and 381st for boys in the US (830 babies).

What does Lawson mean?

English: English surname, son of Law

“son of Laurence”

A patronymic surname from Law, a medieval pet form of Laurence.

Is Lawson a girl's or a boy's name?

Lawson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the UK and 54 girls and 830 boys in the US.

How popular is Lawson in the UK?

Rank in 2025
854th among boys
Babies in 2025
41 about 1 in 7,300 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Lawson, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 116 boys.

Half of all the boys named Lawson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales, 400th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 116 in 20152025
Lawson in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202541#854
202443#838
202340#874
202259#667
202177#564
202054#700
201986#513
2018106#436
201792#495
201698#468
2015116#415
2014112#412
2013102#446
201289#488
201150#710
201031#994
200935#882
200846#724
200748#667
200630#894
200540#720
200425#921
200327#828
200215#1,151
200113#1,209
200014#1,113
19999#1,451
19984#2,531
199710#1,319
199610#1,290

How popular is Lawson in the US?

Rank in 2025
381st among boys
Babies in 2025
830 about 1 in 2,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 830 boys in the US were named Lawson, making it the 381st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 357th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 896 boys. 54 girls were also named Lawson in 2025 (3,028th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Lawson in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 896 in 20212025
Lawson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025830#381
2024775#415
2023775#412
2022786#410
2021896#364
2020871#357
2019870#368
2018853#380
2017713#433
2016716#434
2015699#436
2014576#488
2013523#511
2012492#530
2011432#580
2010401#617
2009390#642
2008330#707
2007371#653
2006336#676
2005297#694
2004263#725
2003215#808
2002197#841
2001156#980
2000158#960
1999139#1,004
1998100#1,221
199785#1,323
199659#1,635
199562#1,522
199472#1,369
199361#1,507
199246#1,799
199135#2,089
199038#1,963
198948#1,636
198841#1,701
198726#2,211
198626#2,159
198520#2,503
198431#1,795
198323#2,207
198222#2,268
198117#2,678
198023#2,213
197927#1,943
197815#2,798
197726#1,904
197617#2,507
197517#2,448
197419#2,197
197323#1,870
197230#1,566
197119#2,125
197026#1,698
196929#1,492
196823#1,649
196729#1,410
196631#1,372
196520#1,773
196424#1,614
196332#1,374
196232#1,386
196138#1,278
196038#1,272
195933#1,359
195838#1,252
195736#1,299
195638#1,231
195547#1,090
195441#1,168
195340#1,169
195245#1,080
195149#1,004
195049#988
194945#1,046
194860#878
194758#915
194649#952
194538#1,038
194453#870
194355#897
194264#806
194157#839
194042#994
193959#794
193855#834
193741#982
193642#949
193552#872
193446#931
193349#885
193251#902
193148#939
193052#928
192962#826
192853#927
192765#825
192670#776
192562#843
192473#787
192378#737
192279#742
192163#877
192086#691
191979#704
191878#723
191780#668
191657#824
191564#750
191453#712
191348#641
191235#725
191124#624
191015#782
190912#840
190812#779
190719#559
190617#568
190516#592
190423#444
190312#656
190220#475
190122#399
190017#603
189911#613
189815#543
18979#725
189612#641
18959#738
189419#439
18938#768
189222#404
189114#476
189017#434
188912#549
188820#416
188716#420
188619#403
188512#547
188411#570
188318#412
188221#389
188112#503
188020#381

Names like Lawson

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hudson, Mason, Harrison, Grayson, Jaxon, Oakley, Leo, Layton, Lincoln, Theo, Levi, Carter

Other spellings of Lawson

Lawsen

Names related to Lawson

Layson, Lawsyn, Lashon, Lason

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, River, Ellie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lawson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lawson, updated 20 October 2026.