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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#271 · 1 in 1,234
- Illinois#469 · 1 in 3,552
- South Carolina#487 · 1 in 3,841
- Michigan#600 · 1 in 6,189
- Georgia#636 · 1 in 5,997
Best ever in a state: #172 in District of Columbia, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #271 | 6 | 1 in 1,234 |
| Illinois | #469 | 21 | 1 in 3,552 |
| South Carolina | #487 | 5 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Michigan | #600 | 10 | 1 in 6,189 |
| Georgia | #636 | 6 | 1 in 5,997 |
| North Carolina | #666 | 5 | 1 in 7,339 |
| New York | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 18,473 |
| Texas | #1,424 | 5 | 1 in 19,274 |
| California | #1,778 | 5 | 1 in 27,415 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1970 at #1,012 (123 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 51.5% of all girls named Lashon (790) were born in this decade
- 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.
Lashon in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 14,769 of them was named Lashon, which outranked 88.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,090Larhonda104
- #1,090Lidia104
- #1,090Sadie104
- #1,096Lashon103
- #1,096Angella103
- #1,096Calandra103
- #1,096Davida103
- #1,103Dorothea102
- #1,103Marlena102
- #1,105Dona101
Tied with 6 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 54,054 of them was named Lashon, which outranked 72.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,535Tremaine31
- #1,535Valentino31
- #1,535Windell31
- #1,566Lashon30
- #1,566Amado30
- #1,566Anselmo30
- #1,566Antwain30
- #1,603Algernon29
- #1,603Alva29
- #1,603Chirstopher29
Tied with 36 names at #1,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.