Lashon
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Given to girls 68.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 123 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,535since 1957
Lashon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #1,714 | 56 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #1,198 | 93 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #1,096 | 103 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | #1,074 | 112 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #1,012 | 123 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,117 | 98 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #1,258 | 76 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five girls were named Lashon! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lashon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lashon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lashon
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1970 at #1,012 (123 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,157
- Highest: 1 in 14,157 girls born in 1973 were named Lashon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,012 in 1970, was only 1 in 14,213 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 51.5% of all girls named Lashon (790) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2004
- Mostly girls until 2003, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #3,925 (1958) | #5,182 |
| 1960s | 408 | #1,117 (1969) | #2,748 |
| 1970s | 790 | #1,012 (1970) | #1,551 |
| 1980s | 141 | #3,253 (1981) | #5,948 |
| 1990s | 126 | #5,206 (1993) | #7,223 |
| 2000s | 49 | #8,837 (2002) | #11,773 |
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.
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