Lashaun — unisex name
1,275 babies named Lashaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Lashaun was born in this single decade.
68 babies were named Lashaun in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lashaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,275 babies named Lashaun between 1959 and 2016, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lashaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 68 babies received it in a single year. Lashaun is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 882 additional births since 1967.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lashaun performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 478 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lashaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lashaun in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lashaun in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,275 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lashaun at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lashaun popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1959
- Peak year (1969)
- 68
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
1,275 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 68 births in a single year.
Lashaun popularity over time — boys
882 total births recorded since 1967 (Lashaun as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Lashaun accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lashaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 478 births that decade — 37% of Lashaun's all-time total
Lashaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 478 births
- Runner-up 284 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lashaun's strongest decade
478 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Lashaun by state
Where Lashaun concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 89 | 7.0% |
| #2 | California | | 71 | 5.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 66 | 5.2% |
| #4 | District of Columbia | | 43 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 18 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.5% |
89 of 1,275 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 7.0% of nationwide
- California 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- District of Columbia 3.4% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lashaun appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1959–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.