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Sawyer
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22% girls / 78% boys
Origin of the name
Sawyer was first an English occupational surname: someone who sawed wood. Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer made it famous.
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Where babies named Sawyer are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Sawyer is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sawyer is most common in Vermont (3.8 times), Montana (3.2) and South Dakota (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Sawyer are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Sawyer is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sawyer is most common in Idaho (2.7 times), Nebraska (2.7) and Iowa (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1970s | 0% | 100% |
| 1980s | 16% | 84% |
| 1990s | 11% | 89% |
| 2000s | 10% | 90% |
| 2010s | 22% | 78% |
| 2020s | 29% | 71% |