Lawana

Peak · girls
1939 · 44 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,029
since 1918

Lawana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lawana has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,079, 1939girls
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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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2000#15,0315
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1992#9,4918
1991#8,5889
1990#7,88010
1989#8,0379
1988#7,11110
1987#5,31214
1986#5,75712
1985#5,34813
1984#4,96614
1983#4,10918
1982#3,01729
1981#2,77432
1980#3,13427
1979#2,11247
1978#2,01247
1977#1,97649
1976#1,82051
1975#1,78052
1974#1,61658
1973#1,34974
1972#1,78648
1971#1,26687
1970#1,58460
1969#1,80946
1968#1,57553
1967#1,46058
1966#1,40361
1965#1,59549
1964#1,19885
1963#1,36166
1962#1,20384
1961#1,27975
1960#1,25376
1959#1,39659
1958#1,32264
1957#1,14485
1956#1,28765
1955#1,27562
1954#1,14075
1953#1,20764
1952#1,36850
1951#1,19061
1950#1,32448
1949#1,23654
1948#1,52037
1947#1,12763
1946#1,46736
1945#1,35635
1944#1,34036
1943#1,14350
1942#1,38734
1941#1,24337
1940#1,13241
1939#1,07944
1938#1,50525
1937#1,25533
1936#1,37528
1935#1,26432
1934#1,51824
1933#1,10240
1932#1,32031
1931#1,42127
1930#1,60724
1929#1,39330
1928#1,63725
1927#1,30337
1926#1,83022
1925#2,01819
1924#1,72325
1923#2,26416
1922#2,61213
1921#2,50914
1920#3,5988
1919#2,38414
1918#4,2916
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Lawana! It came in at #4,291, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lawana is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lawana in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1939 at #1,079 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 44 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 19,124
  • Highest: 1 in 19,124 girls born in 1971 were named Lawana (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,079 in 1939, was only 1 in 24,923 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 21.6% of all girls named Lawana (653) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#2,384 (1919)#3,338
1920s209#1,303 (1927)#2,089
1930s308#1,079 (1939)#1,345
1940s423#1,127 (1947)#1,295
1950s633#1,140 (1954)#1,265
1960s653#1,198 (1964)#1,414
1970s573#1,266 (1971)#1,730
1980s178#2,774 (1981)#4,957
1990s27#7,880 (1990)#8,653
2000s5#15,031 (2000)#15,031

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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