Lawton is an uncommon variant of Layton that peaked in 2021 and remains in steady use.
Lawton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,280 for boy births in the United States (and #7,051 across all names), given to 36 babies. Lawton first appears in 1889 and peaked in 2021 (48 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,280 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,195 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,155 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,948 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | #16,645 | #2,680 |
| 2020 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,825 |
| 2019 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,031 |
| 2017 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,741 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,490 |
| 2015 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,126 |
| 2014 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,136 |
| 2013 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,241 |
| 2012 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,962 |
| 2011 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,974 |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,595 |
| 2009 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,199 |
| 2008 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,885 |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,354 |
| 2006 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,061 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,136 |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,083 |
| 2003 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,493 |
| 2002 | 31 | 31 | — | #2,990 |
| 2001 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,580 |
| 2000 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,044 |
| 1999 | 31 | 31 | — | #2,772 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | — | #2,897 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | — | #3,823 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | — | #3,355 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | — | #3,782 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | — | #4,208 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | — | #2,835 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | — | #3,169 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | — | #4,647 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | — | #3,707 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | — | #5,423 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | — | #2,735 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | — | #2,609 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,361 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,711 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | — | #2,768 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | — | #4,734 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,836 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,753 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,358 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | — | #3,716 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | — | #2,437 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | — | #3,131 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,770 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | — | #4,592 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | — | #4,037 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | — | #2,798 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | — | #2,379 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | — | #2,755 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | — | #2,812 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | — | #2,094 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | — | #2,258 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | — | #2,091 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | — | #1,932 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | — | #2,131 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | — | #2,164 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | — | #2,088 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | — | #1,918 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | — | #2,088 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | — | #2,363 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | — | #1,933 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | — | #1,699 |
| 1956 | 28 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1954 | 31 | — | — | #1,373 |
| 1953 | 25 | — | — | #1,540 |
| 1952 | 29 | — | — | #1,423 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | — | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 21 | — | — | #1,637 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | — | #1,646 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,859 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | — | #1,958 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | — | #1,622 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | — | #1,667 |
| 1944 | 23 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | — | #1,512 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | — | #1,514 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | — | #1,393 |
| 1940 | 24 | — | — | #1,384 |
| 1939 | 23 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | — | #1,298 |
| 1937 | 32 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | — | #1,571 |
| 1935 | 28 | — | — | #1,284 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | — | #1,760 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | — | #1,348 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | — | #1,447 |
| 1931 | 28 | — | — | #1,320 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | — | #1,380 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1928 | 38 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1927 | 24 | — | — | #1,581 |
| 1926 | 33 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1925 | 26 | — | — | #1,479 |
| 1924 | 35 | — | — | #1,235 |
| 1923 | 34 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1922 | 33 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | — | #1,245 |
| 1920 | 41 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1919 | 25 | — | — | #1,470 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | — | #1,364 |
| 1917 | 31 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1916 | 36 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1915 | 25 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1914 | 32 | — | — | #993 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | — | #1,485 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,739 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | — | #828 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #668 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #965 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #831 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | — | #754 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #642 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #949 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #897 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #933 |