Lashon
The Story of Lashon
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Lashon as a girl name dates back to 1957, when 6 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 123 newborns named Lashon — #1,012 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Lashon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Lashon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Lashon as a boy name dates back to 1966, when 6 babies received it. 1974 was its biggest year on record, with 40 newborns named Lashon — #1,351 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Lashon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Lashon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 716 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Lashon
Lashon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Lashon's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #1,012. Use the chart and map above to compare Lashon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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