Sawyer

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sawyer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sawyer: Recorded every year since 2005, its highest recorded position is #414, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#414highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2017	#3583
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2021	#3519
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1207 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3208 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sawyer appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 299 births with the name.

Sawyer across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sawyer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3208 (2005)	#1189 (2019)	#2671 (2024)	20 of 20	299 (2005–2024)	23 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#4050 (2013)	#3519 (2021)	#4843 (2024)	10 of 12	45 (2013–2024)	6 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#713 (2016)	#713 (2016)	#770 (2023)	4 of 8	12 (2016–2023)	3 (2016)

Sawyer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sawyer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	59	5 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	169	10 of 10	17
2020s	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sawyer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #414 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Sawyer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1207	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #414, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aslan · #414, 20y
Ianis · #414, 16y
Iosif · #414, 19y
Koda · #414, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alvey · #414, 8y
Iosif · #414, 19y
Koda · #414, 17y
Lowen · #414, 20y

Sawyer was ranked #414 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sawyer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sawyer without appearing here.

Sawyer moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #4052.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Maddison Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #3385.
Morten Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #3385.

Moved ahead of Sawyer

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3519 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #1863.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.
Suzanne Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #2862.

Moved the opposite way to Sawyer

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sawyer went from #1545 to #2671 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Garry Compare
Between 2005 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sawyer went from #3208 to #1207 while Garry went from #1851 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2005 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Sawyer went from #3208 to #1207 while Kelly went from #2174 to #3523.
Brent Compare
Between 2005 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Sawyer went from #3208 to #1781 while Brent went from #1095 to #3449.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #414 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sawyer

Sawyer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sawyer across 3 official records

Sawyer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sawyer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Sawyer at a glance

Sawyer across 3 official records

Sawyer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sawyer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Sawyer

Sawyer and the names beside it

Sawyer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sawyer

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