Sawyer
Means “one who saws”*
Boy’s name · from a surname
What Sawyer means
Means “one who saws”
As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”).
Source: Wiktionary, “Sawyer” (revision 93602098), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Sawyer?
▲ 9 vs 2024
▲ 1059 vs 2024
US: Falling: down from #94 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1442 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 4,171 boys got the name (#95 that year). First in the US records in 1913.
How common
- About 1 in 581 baby boys in the US in 2025
- About 1 in 16,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in VT (9.9 per 1,000 boys), WY (9.17 per 1,000 boys), ME (8.06 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Sawyer is #122 in the US and #1613 in England & Wales (2025).
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #122 | 2,941 | 1 in 581 | #94 |
| England & Wales | #1613 | 16 | 1 in 16,996 | #1442 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 73.6% of US babies named Sawyer were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 1,056 | 2,941 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 5 | 16 |
| US all years since 1880 | 18,338 | 65,838 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 50 | 315 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Sawyer
Boys
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- Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
- Grayson#51“steward”*
- Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”*
For a sister
- Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”*
- Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”*
- Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
- Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”*
- Ellis#682“benevolent, kind”*
- Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sawyer’s. Rank is US 2025.
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