Sawyer
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SAW-yer
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #122 for boys
Sawyer is a name of English origin, meaning “sawer of timber”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 122nd for boys in the US (2,941 babies).
What does Sawyer mean?
English: occupational surname
“sawer of timber”
An English occupational surname for someone who sawed timber; Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer made it famous.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sawyer a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sawyer has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 16 boys in the UK and 1,056 girls and 2,941 boys in the US.
How popular is Sawyer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Sawyer, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 27 boys. 5 girls were also named Sawyer in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Sawyer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 11% of the babies named Sawyer in the UK in 2010, and 24% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Sawyer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Sawyer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 122nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,941 about 1 in 580 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.4% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,941 boys in the US were named Sawyer, making it the 122nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 116th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 4,272 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 1,056 girls were also named Sawyer in 2025 (290th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Sawyer in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26% of the babies named Sawyer in the US were girls.
Sawyer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,941 | #122 |
| 2024 | 2,768 | #131 |
| 2023 | 2,843 | #127 |
| 2022 | 2,914 | #131 |
| 2021 | 3,259 | #114 |
| 2020 | 3,189 | #116 |
| 2019 | 3,559 | #106 |
| 2018 | 3,878 | #100 |
| 2017 | 4,171 | #95 |
| 2016 | 4,248 | #97 |
| 2015 | 4,272 | #94 |
| 2014 | 3,597 | #110 |
| 2013 | 3,166 | #120 |
| 2012 | 2,741 | #147 |
| 2011 | 2,179 | #172 |
| 2010 | 2,220 | #173 |
| 2009 | 1,897 | #202 |
| 2008 | 1,674 | #225 |
| 2007 | 1,511 | #240 |
| 2006 | 1,389 | #247 |
| 2005 | 1,069 | #307 |
| 2004 | 592 | #439 |
| 2003 | 570 | #440 |
| 2002 | 463 | #498 |
| 2001 | 471 | #486 |
| 2000 | 517 | #460 |
| 1999 | 463 | #480 |
| 1998 | 429 | #502 |
| 1997 | 389 | #518 |
| 1996 | 380 | #524 |
| 1995 | 438 | #491 |
| 1994 | 463 | #469 |
| 1993 | 375 | #530 |
| 1992 | 299 | #593 |
| 1991 | 126 | #941 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,125 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,446 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,216 |
| 1986 | 48 | #1,438 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
Names like Sawyer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Syed, Cooper, Umar, Ibrahim, Luca, Amir, Yahya, Ahmed, Hamza, Abdullah
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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, “Sawyer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sawyer, updated 20 October 2026.