Lawerence vs Lawson

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Lawerence Lawson

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Lawson for 88 years and Lawerence for 58 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.

• 1880–1915 Lawson ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1924–1971 Lawerence ahead
• 1972–2025 Lawson ahead, apart from 2 short spells

13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Lawerences alive today are over 68; half the Lawsons are over 9. That is 59 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Lawerence Louisiana (3.6×), Michigan (3.3×), Illinois (2.7×)
• Lawson Georgia (3.1×), Arkansas (3.0×), Alabama (3.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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