Sawyer
Top 1000
About Sawyer
Sawyer is a surname with a more relaxed and friendly feel than many others, and is one of the hottest occupational names right now, with the Nameberry seal of approval. Sawyer is becoming one of the top unisex names. Both Sara Gilbert and Diane Farr used Sawyer for their daughters, while it was given a boost as a boys' name by the character Sawyer on Lost, an alias for the character really named James Ford.
Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg were among the first to discover Sawyer when they used it for their son in 1992, the year it leaped up 356 places.
Sawyer is a relatively common surname--think Tom and Diane. It originated as an occupational name for a woodcutter, otherwise known as someone who worked with a saw.
Pronounced SAW-yur.
As of October 2026, Sawyer ranked #122 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #94 in 2015, Nameberry popularity #146.
Editor's take: The name Sawyer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "woodcutter".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #110 | 3,596 | 1,872.1 |
| 2015 | #94 | 4,271 | 2,228.3 |
| 2016 | #97 | 4,248 | 2,238.5 |
| 2017 | #95 | 4,171 | 2,253.4 |
| 2018 | #99 | 3,878 | 2,135.3 |
| 2019 | #106 | 3,558 | 1,983 |
| 2020 | #116 | 3,187 | 1,846.4 |
| 2021 | #114 | 3,256 | 1,861.1 |
| 2022 | #131 | 2,911 | 1,667.2 |
| 2023 | #127 | 2,842 | 1,661.4 |
| 2024 | #132 | 2,756 | 1,599.6 |
| 2025 | #122 | 2,941 | 1,721.8 |
World rankings
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Sawyer on lists
Famous Sawyers
- Sawyer Christopher Fredericks
American singer,songwriter ("The Voice")
- Sawyer Fulton
ring name of Jacob Southwick, American pro wrestler
- Sawyer Storm Sweeten
late American actor; twin brother of Sullivan Sweeten
- Sawyer Hartman
YouTuber
- Sawyer Spielberg
son of director Steven Spielberg
- Sawyer Steven Yount (b. 2010)
son of TV journalist Erica Hill and David Yount
- Sawyer Hooray Shapiro (b. 2015)
son of radio personality Todd Shapiro and model Irina Funtikova
- Sawyer Hollis
son of blogger Rachel Hollis
Sawyer in pop culture
- James "Sawyer" Ford
a main character on TV's "Lost"
- Sawyer
character in movie "Dolphin Tale"
- Sawyer
character in anime series "Pokémon: XY"
- Sawyer
zombie on Canadian animated series "Camp Lakebottom"
- "Tom Sawyer
" novel by Mark Twain and its main character
- Sawyer Brown
American band
- Sawyer Brown
character in the book "She is One of the Boys" by E.M. Molleja
- Veronica Sawyer
"Heathers"