Is Lawyer a boy or girl name?

Lawyer is a boy’s name. Of the 1,021 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Lawyer

Recorded 1880–2021 · United States

Lawyer was most popular in 1930, when 31 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,488 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,021 people named Lawyer.

Lawyer over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lawyer’s peak in 1930. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lawyer a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lawyer is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,021 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lawyer

Where Lawyer is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Mississippi 40.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org