Girls' name · since 1953
Lafawn
Lafawn has 88 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lafawn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1953.
Lafawn has 88 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1982.
- #28,568 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1953
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lafawn ranks #28,568 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1953, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lafawn's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lafawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lafawn splits its recorded history at 1964: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lafawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1982
- Peak year (1954)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Lafawn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (41 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Lafawn's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lafawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 41 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Lafawn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lafawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lafawn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.