Unisex name · since 1954
Lawan
96 babies named Lawan in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lawan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 96 have been recorded since 1954.
Lawan has 96 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1982.
- #27,573 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lawan ranks #27,573 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #27,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lawan's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by District of Columbia.
Lawan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lawan's full recorded timeline at 1968, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lawan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1982
- Peak year (1970)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Lawan popularity over time - boys
54 total births recorded since 1972 (Lawan as boys' name)
Lawan by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (37 births, 39% of the file).
1960s was Lawan's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lawan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 37 births (39% of all-time use).
Lawan by state
Where Lawan concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | District of Columbia | | 7 | 7.3% |
7 of 96 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lawan's data
- Lawan's decade-level peak was the 1960s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- District of Columbia records the most Lawans (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. District of Columbia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lawan: 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 (~28 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, 1954–1982 (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 Lawan 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.