Is Lashon a boy or girl name?

Lashon is a unisex name. Of the 2,251 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 68.2% were girls and 31.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1994, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Lashon

Recorded 1957–2024 · United States

Lashon was most popular in 1971, when 146 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,564 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,251 people named Lashon.

Lashon over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lashon’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lashon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lashon is a unisex name — 68.2% of the 2,251 Americans given it were girls and 31.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1994 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 Lashon

Where Lashon 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