Lawanna

Peak · girls
1940 · 36 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,381
since 1921

Lawanna over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,218, 1940girls
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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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1996#13,5185
1995#10,5147
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1992#8,06510
1991#11,5096
1990#5,83515
1989#10,8476
1988#5,89513
1987#4,28319
1986#3,89021
1985#3,41925
1984#3,87420
1983#4,10918
1982#3,26026
1981#2,44739
1980#2,24644
1979#1,95253
1978#1,80456
1977#1,87753
1976#1,86549
1975#1,67257
1974#1,77250
1973#1,51062
1972#1,48864
1971#1,56062
1970#1,59959
1969#2,05837
1968#1,53955
1967#1,78342
1966#1,63247
1965#1,68944
1964#1,29374
1963#1,59850
1962#1,40762
1961#1,61249
1960#1,37364
1959#1,51651
1958#1,49851
1957#1,32264
1956#1,53348
1955#1,49846
1954#1,46547
1953#1,50342
1952#1,57837
1951#1,70132
1950#1,37544
1949#1,84527
1948#1,66931
1947#1,54537
1946#1,80825
1945#1,94119
1944#1,69824
1943#1,66426
1942#1,91720
1941#1,41830
1940#1,21836
1939#1,26534
1938#1,59623
1937#1,73520
1936#1,59322
1935#1,38128
1934#1,83418
1933#1,77319
1932#2,83110
1931#2,9729
1930#2,20215
1929#2,19115
1928#2,19416
1927#3,8757
1926#4,8515
1925#3,3629
1924#4,0027
1923#2,91711
1922#5,0095
1921#3,6668
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five girls were named Lawanna! It came in at #3,666, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lawanna is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lawanna 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 1996
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1940 at #1,218 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 43 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 23,520
  • Highest: 1 in 23,520 girls born in 1973 were named Lawanna (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 350,601 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,218 in 1940, was only 1 in 31,765 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 23.7% of all girls named Lawanna (565) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s83#2,191 (1929)#3,563
1930s198#1,265 (1939)#1,918
1940s275#1,218 (1940)#1,672
1950s462#1,322 (1957)#1,499
1960s524#1,293 (1964)#1,598
1970s565#1,488 (1972)#1,710
1980s231#2,246 (1980)#4,427
1990s43#5,835 (1990)#9,888

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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