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

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Peak · girls
#1,012
1970 · 123 births
Debut · girls
1957
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,535
since 1957

Lashon over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #1,012, 1970peak #1,351, 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
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2025——
2024—#10,9386
2023—#10,8216
2022—#9,8237
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2020—#8,7398
2019—#12,1455
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2017—#9,6967
2016—#10,7446
2015—#8,7448
2014—#9,6427
2013—#7,53710
2012—#6,30613
2011—#8,7678
2010—#9,6937
2009—#6,43613
2008—#6,07014
2007#17,6365#6,26213
2006—#6,46012
2005#11,8348#6,63411
2004—#6,52011
2003#10,4259#9,5816
2002#8,83711#7,6438
2001#10,1029#7,5368
2000#11,8017#5,58812
1999#9,4799#6,04210
1998#8,01611#7,5607
1997#9,8028#5,28811
1996#7,13012#3,83017
1995#8,07910#4,79112
1994#5,98415#3,91116
1993#5,20618#3,81916
1992#6,00815#5,23610
1991#5,65916#5,5219
1990#6,86712#4,40712
1989#8,0379#4,01713
1988#9,2447#3,91512
1987#9,8256#4,23910
1986#5,18814#6,7215
1985#6,45710#5,7856
1984#4,96614#4,9737
1983#4,28617#5,4846
1982#4,71615#3,28213
1981#3,25326#3,85810
1980#3,50623#2,36721
1979#2,62134#3,35712
1978#2,23741#2,37519
1977#2,12444#2,36119
1976#1,71456#1,82827
1975#1,33281#1,83526
1974#1,19893#1,35140
1973#1,098103#1,78225
1972#1,096103#1,56630
1971#1,074112#1,46634
1970#1,012123#2,89111
1969#1,11798#2,30814
1968#1,25876#2,10915
1967#1,22775#2,7609
1966#1,60049#3,5376
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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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #451 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,656 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedWIMichigan: #669 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,231 girlsMINew York: #1,312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 20,200 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #863 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,113 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #254 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,247 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lashon, so not publishedHITexas: #1,431 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,836 girlsTXFlorida: #705 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,801 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#254 · 1 in 1,247
  2. Illinois#451 · 1 in 3,656
  3. Michigan#669 · 1 in 8,231
  4. Florida#705 · 1 in 6,801
  5. California#863 · 1 in 9,113

Best ever in a state: #172 in District of Columbia, 1969.

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District of Columbia#25481 in 1,247
Illinois#451241 in 3,656
Michigan#66991 in 8,231
Florida#70571 in 6,801
California#863181 in 9,113
New York#1,31271 in 20,200
Texas#1,43151 in 20,836
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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 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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s21#3,925 (1958)#5,182
1960s408#1,117 (1969)#2,748
1970s790#1,012 (1970)#1,551
1980s141#3,253 (1981)#5,948
1990s126#5,206 (1993)#7,223
2000s49#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.

Lashon in 1970

girls
#1,012
123 births · 1 in 14,213 girls
boys
#2,891
11 births · 1 in 168,930 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,012Lashon123

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #2,891Lashon11
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 14,213 of them was named Lashon, which outranked 89.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lashon
  1. #1,008Mellisa124
  2. #1,008Scott124
  3. #1,008Tamala124
  4. #1,012Lashon123
  5. #1,012Liane123
  6. #1,012Lila123
  7. #1,012Louisa123
  8. #1,017Angelic122
  9. #1,017Dawne122
  10. #1,017Gay122

Tied with 4 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 168,930 of them was named Lashon, which outranked 46.8% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lashon
  1. #2,739Vivian12
  2. #2,739Wil12
  3. #2,739Yitzchok12
  4. #2,891Lashon11
  5. #2,891Aarron11
  6. #2,891Alexei11
  7. #2,891Allie11
  8. #3,071Adelbert10
  9. #3,071Adolf10
  10. #3,071Adriano10

Tied with 179 names at #2,891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →