# Lawton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lawton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “hill”, “ound”, “homestead” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɔːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,866 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,861 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).

## What it means

Lawton is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 16,645 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,974 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,962 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,241 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,136 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,126 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,490 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,741 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,031 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,171 |
| 2020 | 43 | 2,825 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,680 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3,948 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,155 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,195 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,280 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |

## People named Lawton

- Lawton Chiles, American politician (1930–1998)
- Lawton S. Parker, American impressionist painter (1868-1954)
- Punch Broadbent, Canadian ice hockey player (1892-1971)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.