How Many People Are Named Lashawn?

10,059

people named Lashawn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 33,978 people in the US has this name

Based on 10,628 babies named Lashawn in Social Security records from 1955 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,450

💎 Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#133

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Peak Year

1971

547 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: African American
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHAWN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
69.0%
Male
31.0%

Of the babies given the name Lashawn, 69% were girls and 31% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lashawn fell from 91.5% in the 1960s to 5.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lashawn alive today is about 42 years old, and 79% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 53 in 2025.

Under 30 1,877
18.7%
30 to 59 7,902
78.6%
60 and over 279
2.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lashawn first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1971, to 547 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lashawn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #423, in 1972. Among boys, its best rank was #829, in 1974 to 1975.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not ranked#6,654
Best rank#423 (1972)#829 (1974 to 1975)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#526 in the 1970s#903 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lashawn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lashawn were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,052 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lashawn was given 19.1 times as often in District of Columbia, 3.5 times in Maryland and 2.8 times in Illinois.

New York 1,052
Illinois 982
California 657
District of Columbia 621
Michigan 534
Florida 471
Ohio 380
Maryland 368
Virginia 234
Louisiana 209
Texas 189
Pennsylvania 169
Georgia 159
South Carolina 150
Indiana 136
North Carolina 126
New Jersey 99
Alabama 98
Missouri 33
Mississippi 28
Tennessee 27
Arkansas 12
Kansas 9
Oklahoma 5
Washington 5
Wisconsin 5

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