Is Lajuan a boy or girl name?

Lajuan is a unisex name. Of the 1,835 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 40.3% were girls and 59.7% were boys. It changed hands in 1972, and has gone mainly to boys since.

Name Legacy

Lajuan

Recorded 1928–2023 · United States

Lajuan was most popular in 1972, when 71 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,262 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,835 people named Lajuan.

Lajuan over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lajuan’s peak in 1972. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lajuan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lajuan is a unisex name — 40.3% of the 1,835 Americans given it were girls and 59.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 1972 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lajuan

Where Lajuan is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

District of Columbia 95.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org