Lawton
Lawton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. Its best rank was 642nd, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 380.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202148 births
- Best rank
- #642in 1899
- Since 1889
- 2,825people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,825 boys have been named Lawton in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 48 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 13%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lawton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 30 | |
| 1900s | 67 | |
| 1910s | 218 | |
| 1920s | 327 | |
| 1930s | 251 | |
| 1940s | 206 | |
| 1950s | 231 | |
| 1960s | 166 | |
| 1970s | 127 | |
| 1980s | 128 | |
| 1990s | 204 | |
| 2000s | 313 | |
| 2010s | 355 | |
| 2020s | 196 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Lawton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Lawton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fentonpeak 1922
- Frazierpeak 1919
- Ferrispeak 2024
- Powellpeak 1919
- Arleypeak 2012
- Coypeak 1926
- Lusterpeak 1920
- Aciepeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.