How Many People Are Named Law?
An estimated 184 people in the United States have the first name Law. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Law peaked in popularity in 2022 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Law as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Law paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
184
About 1 in 1,862,795 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2022
16 births
Total Registered
185
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Law
Law is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 185 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Law as a male name
Ranked #6,320 in 2024
14 male births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (16 births)
Law: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Law span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 91 babies were registered. While Law is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Law by Decade
How has Law tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Law + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Law as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Law
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Law: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Law?
We estimate approximately 184 people named Law are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,862,795 Americans share this first name.
Is Law a common name?
Law is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 185 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Law most popular?
Law reached peak popularity in 2022, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Law is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Law a male name?
Law is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Law Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Law Smith, Law Johnson, Law Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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