Name meaning & stats
Lawson
Lawson means “son of Lawrence”. 16,952 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
“son of Lawrence”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
16,952 US babies were named Lawson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lawson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Lawson is the main spelling
- Lawson 99%
- Lawsen 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)