Sawyer

“One who saws wood” — English origin

Girl's name · #291 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Sawyer is near its high-water mark: it reached #216 in 2021 and still ranked #291 in 2025. About 18,000 girls have carried it since 1986. In Montana and South Dakota it runs about 4× its national rate and ranks #81 in South Dakota. About 71% of babies named Sawyer in recent years have been boys.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sawyers

Sawyer Lindblad — American surfer

In stories & tradition

Sawyer Brooke Scott — One Tree Hill
Sawyer — Read It and Weep

What Sawyers become

Among 25 notable people named Sawyer:

Similar names: Journee · Saige · Zariah · Amirah · River · Zuri

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