Is Sawyer a boy or girl name?
Sawyer is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 1,062 girls and 2,756 boys were named Sawyer, so 27.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 21.6% of the 80,150 US babies named Sawyer were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #132
- Girl rank, 2024
- #297
- Babies named Sawyer since 1913
- 80,150
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 5,562 babies
Boys and girls named Sawyer, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1970s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 275 | 53 | 16.2% |
| 1990s | 3,453 | 407 | 10.5% |
| 2000s | 10,153 | 1,191 | 10.5% |
| 2010s | 34,028 | 9,544 | 21.9% |
| 2020s | 14,952 | 6,082 | 28.9% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,756 | #132 | 1,062 | #297 |
| 2023 | 2,842 | #127 | 1,124 | #280 |
| 2022 | 2,911 | #131 | 1,260 | #242 |
| 2021 | 3,256 | #114 | 1,377 | #216 |
| 2020 | 3,187 | #116 | 1,259 | #239 |
| 2019 | 3,558 | #106 | 1,291 | #248 |
| 2018 | 3,878 | #99 | 1,428 | #219 |
| 2017 | 4,171 | #95 | 1,391 | #225 |
| 2016 | 4,248 | #97 | 1,283 | #245 |
| 2015 | 4,271 | #94 | 1,221 | #261 |
| 2014 | 3,596 | #110 | 965 | #344 |
| 2013 | 3,166 | #120 | 688 | #447 |
| 2012 | 2,741 | #147 | 542 | #550 |
| 2011 | 2,179 | #172 | 385 | #720 |
| 2010 | 2,220 | #173 | 350 | #788 |
| 2009 | 1,897 | #202 | 253 | #1,029 |
| 2008 | 1,674 | #225 | 175 | #1,379 |
| 2007 | 1,511 | #240 | 135 | #1,652 |
| 2006 | 1,389 | #247 | 147 | #1,502 |
| 2005 | 1,069 | #307 | 102 | #1,906 |
| 2004 | 592 | #439 | 103 | #1,852 |
| 2003 | 570 | #441 | 69 | #2,408 |
| 2002 | 463 | #499 | 64 | #2,493 |
| 2001 | 471 | #487 | 62 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 517 | #461 | 81 | #2,047 |
| 1999 | 463 | #482 | 59 | #2,463 |
| 1998 | 429 | #502 | 60 | #2,360 |
| 1997 | 389 | #520 | 42 | #2,926 |
| 1996 | 380 | #525 | 55 | #2,392 |
| 1995 | 438 | #492 | 52 | #2,476 |
| 1994 | 463 | #469 | 38 | #3,087 |
| 1993 | 375 | #532 | 42 | #2,868 |
| 1992 | 299 | #596 | 23 | #4,498 |
| 1991 | 126 | #952 | 20 | #4,965 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,132 | 16 | #5,777 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,290 | 16 | #5,494 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,464 | 13 | #6,191 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,230 | 14 | #5,555 |
| 1986 | 48 | #1,453 | 10 | #7,020 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,693 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,891 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,435 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,599 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,469 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Sawyer reached #94 in 2015. As a girl name, it reached #216 in 2021. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.