Lawan
Lawan is a name with a single cultural origin: Thai.
- Thai
Meaning & Origin of Lawan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lawan is a name with a single cultural origin: Thai.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Thai
The Story of Lawan
As a girl name
American parents first put Lawan on the record books as a girl name in 1954, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 10 Lawans were born — ranking #5,061 that year. About 39% of every Lawan on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Lawan last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 96 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Lawan on the record books as a boy name in 1972, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1972, when 9 Lawans were born — ranking #3,343 that year. About 46% of every Lawan on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Lawan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 54 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Lawan
Lawan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 96 births in the dataset. Lawan's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #5,061. Use the chart and map above to compare Lawan'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.