Lashon
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 68.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 123 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,535since 1957
Lashon over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #1,714 | 56 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #1,198 | 93 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #1,096 | 103 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | #1,074 | 112 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #1,012 | 123 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,117 | 98 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #1,258 | 76 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lashon! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lashon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1970 at #1,012 (123 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,157 girls born in 1973 were named Lashon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,012 in 1970, was only 1 in 14,213 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 51.5% of all girls named Lashon (790) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2003, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #3,925 (1958) | #5,182 |
| 1960s | 408 | #1,117 (1969) | #2,748 |
| 1970s | 790 | #1,012 (1970) | #1,551 |
| 1980s | 141 | #3,253 (1981) | #5,948 |
| 1990s | 126 | #5,206 (1993) | #7,223 |
| 2000s | 49 | #8,837 (2002) | #11,773 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lashon in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 14,213 of them was named Lashon, which outranked 89.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,008Mellisa124
- #1,008Scott124
- #1,008Tamala124
- #1,012Lashon123
- #1,012Liane123
- #1,012Lila123
- #1,012Louisa123
- #1,017Angelic122
- #1,017Dawne122
- #1,017Gay122
Tied with 4 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 168,930 of them was named Lashon, which outranked 46.8% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,739Vivian12
- #2,739Wil12
- #2,739Yitzchok12
- #2,891Lashon11
- #2,891Aarron11
- #2,891Alexei11
- #2,891Allie11
- #3,071Adelbert10
- #3,071Adolf10
- #3,071Adriano10
Tied with 179 names at #2,891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.