Lashawn

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 69.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1972 · 456 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,349
since 1955

Lashawn over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #422, 1972peak #825, 1974girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#6,44613
2024—#5,44317
2023—#4,11226
2022—#5,01919
2021—#4,49422
2020#11,0908#3,27434
2019—#4,63921
2018#12,4647#3,37333
2017#11,6158#3,51831
2016#14,3316#3,05938
2015#14,4826#3,23135
2014#8,96612#2,42952
2013—#2,56247
2012#13,4837#2,41552
2011#11,1819#2,34654
2010#9,79011#2,14462
2009#7,67916#1,94273
2008#5,75024#1,80282
2007#7,39417#2,07166
2006#6,35620#2,01066
2005#7,13816#2,39948
2004#6,48918#2,34448
2003#5,41922#2,15351
2002#5,67320#2,81733
2001#4,02531#1,93556
2000#3,59136#1,94453
1999#3,44336#1,80155
1998#2,46156#1,58566
1997#2,04569#1,85950
1996#1,89876#1,48068
1995#1,80279#1,46766
1994#1,444110#1,60857
1993#1,426113#1,57757
1992#1,474107#1,35969
1991#1,322125#1,33671
1990#1,272128#1,63550
1989#1,220132#1,37464
1988#1,300111#1,55347
1987#1,093139#1,58744
1986#1,177120#1,49345
1985#1,109130#1,19062
1984#1,035137#1,36548
1983#1,137117#1,16660
1982#950156#1,15063
1981#976150#1,08470
1980#977152#98284
1979#846184#93788
1978#684233#95682
1977#661241#830105
1976#586278#832101
1975#527332#827101
1974#469386#82595
1973#446420#89879
1972#422456#88981
1971#432481#99866
1970#444494#1,43534
1969#499380#1,72823
1968#572280#1,23338
1967#685200#1,41129
1966#849138#1,81418
1965#1,009107#3,5376
1964#1,31972#4,0395
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Lashawn! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lashawn is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #757 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,278 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #898 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,048 girlsMINew York: #901 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,571 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #992 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,591 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,226 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 13,408 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedVAMaryland: #296 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,048 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #483 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,552 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #144 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 572 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #486 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,419 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lashawn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#144 · 1 in 572
  2. Maryland#296 · 1 in 2,048
  3. South Carolina#483 · 1 in 3,552
  4. Louisiana#486 · 1 in 3,419
  5. Illinois#757 · 1 in 7,278

Best ever in a state: #26 in District of Columbia, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#144101 in 572
Maryland#296111 in 2,048
South Carolina#48351 in 3,552
Louisiana#48691 in 3,419
Illinois#757101 in 7,278
Michigan#89851 in 11,048
New York#901121 in 8,571
Pennsylvania#99251 in 13,591
California#1,226141 in 13,408
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lashawn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1967 (#849 → #685)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1983 (#950 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1972 at #422 (456 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1966–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,336
  • Highest: 1 in 3,336 girls born in 1972 were named Lashawn (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 202,069 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 47.7% of all girls named Lashawn (3,505) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s29#4,625 (1959)#4,793
1960s1,278#499 (1969)#1,594
1970s3,505#422 (1972)#552
1980s1,344#950 (1982)#1,097
1990s899#1,272 (1990)#1,859
2000s220#3,591 (2000)#5,951
2010s66#8,966 (2014)#12,039
2020s8#11,090 (2020)#11,090

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lashawn in 1983

girls
#1,137
117 births · 1 in 14,279 girls
boys
#1,166
60 births · 1 in 29,876 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,137Lashawn117

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #1,166Lashawn60
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 14,279 of them was named Lashawn, which outranked 90.6% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lashawn
  1. #1,132Lilia118
  2. #1,132Renata118
  3. #1,132Rosario118
  4. #1,137Lashawn117
  5. #1,137Chante117
  6. #1,137Cherise117
  7. #1,137Chrissy117
  8. #1,144Alysia116
  9. #1,144Catalina116
  10. #1,144Ginny116

Tied with 6 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 29,876 of them was named Lashawn, which outranked 84.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lashawn
  1. #1,153Shamar61
  2. #1,153Uriah61
  3. #1,153Yehuda61
  4. #1,166Lashawn60
  5. #1,166Alonso60
  6. #1,166Anders60
  7. #1,166Bobbie60
  8. #1,178Antone59
  9. #1,178Antron59
  10. #1,178Christofer59

Tied with 11 names at #1,166; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983 →