Masculine dossier · first seen 1889

Lawton

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lawton
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1889Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

20.8%

2024

All-time

2,825

Lawton has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 48 boys were named Lawton.

In 2024, only 38 boys were given the name.

Down 20.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,825 Americans have been named Lawton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1889.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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