Is Lashaun a boy or girl name?

Lashaun is a unisex name. Of the 2,162 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 59.0% were girls and 41.0% were boys. It changed hands in 2002, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Lashaun

Recorded 1959–2025 · United States

Lashaun was most popular in 1978, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,033 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,162 people named Lashaun.

Lashaun over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lashaun’s peak in 1978. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lashaun a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lashaun is a unisex name — 59.0% of the 2,162 Americans given it were girls and 41.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2002 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% 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 Lashaun

Where Lashaun is most concentrated

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

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