Girls' name · since 1964
Lawna
Lawna has 16 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lawna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1964.
Lawna has 16 recorded births among girls since 1964, 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 1964 to 2003.
- #48,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1964
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lawna ranks #48,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1964, peaking in the 1960s.
- #48,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lawna's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lawna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lawna's full recorded timeline at 1965, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lawna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2003
- Peak year (1964)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Lawna by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1960s was Lawna's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Lawna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Lawna's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lawna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1964–2003 (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 Lawna 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.