Lawton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Lawton is a boys' name, meaning “hill, ound”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Lawton mean?
“hill, ound”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lawton a girl's or a boy's name?
Lawton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lawton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Lawton, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Lawton in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lawton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,222 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 32 | #986 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
Names like Lawton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lawson, Leo, Leon, Houston, Wilson, Leland, Winston, Emerson, Alden, Jackson, Lincoln, Layton
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lawton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lawton, updated 20 October 2026.