Lawna — girls' name
16 babies named Lawna in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Lawna since 1964, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2003.
- 16
- total births
- 1964–2003
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Lawna was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Lawna in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lawna
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Lawna between 1964 and 2003, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lawna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lawna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lawna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lawna 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 16 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.
Lawna at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lawna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1964
- Peak year (1964)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
16 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 6 births in a single year.
Lawna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Lawna's all-time total
Lawna decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lawna's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1964–2003 (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.