as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a patronymic from Law, a Middle English short form of Laurence. In Australia it has been fairly regularly used as a given name in honour of the explorer William Lawson (1774–1850) and the writer Henry Lawson (1867–1922).
| 4,069th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,636
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 3,741
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Lawson per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
0.52%
99.48%
8%
55+
55+
0.21%
30-54
30-54
2%
13-29
13-29
90%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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