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Lashawn

Masculine · “God has been gracious”

Lashawn is given to both — 3,279 boys and 7,349 girls since 1880. See Lashawn as a girl nameSee other names given to both

1964high 1975
#6446 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare13 boys in 2025

Lashawn shows the American prefix system working on a man's name, which it does less often than the other way round. Shawn is Irish — Sean, the Irish form of John, which Ireland took from the French Jehan rather than from Latin. La- in front of it is a twentieth-century American addition, and the combination goes mostly to boys.

How old is the name Lashawn?

Lashawn first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Lashawn alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 3,100 people named Lashawn are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Lashawn most popular?

Lashawn peaked in 1974, reaching #825 nationally. Today it ranks #6446, 5,621 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Lashawn

It is worth being precise about the route, because Sean is often described as an ancient Irish name and is not: Ireland took it from Norman French in the Middle Ages, which makes it a borrowing that has been thoroughly naturalized rather than a native word. English speakers then borrowed it back and spelled it phonetically. The American prefix system, which mostly attaches to women's names, took Shawn as one of its more productive men's bases, giving Lashawn, Dashawn, Rashawn and Deshawn — all of them recorded for boys in numbers the women's versions never reached.

Meaning

God has been gracious

Sean comes from Jehan, the Old French form of Johannes, which is Hebrew Yohanan — God has shown favor. Irish had no j sound, so Jehan became Seaghan and then Sean, and English wrote it Shawn and Shaun by ear. The meaning survives every step. The La- prefix carries nothing of its own, so whatever this name means arrives through the second half.

How the name formed

  1. Yohanan
  2. Jehan
  3. Seán
  4. Shawn
  5. Lashawn

Related forms: Seán · Jehan

Pronouncing Lashawn

luh-SHAWN

luh-SHAWN, two syllables, stress at the back, the first vowel almost swallowed. Some say LA-shawn with the weight at the front, which keeps the prefix audible as a separate piece; both readings are in use.

Nicknames for Lashawn

Moderate

ShawnThe name without its prefix, and a complete name in its own right
ShayBuilt from the second half, and a standing short form for either child
LaThe prefix alone, used among friends and almost never written down
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1964–20251015101011319642025

US babies named Lashawn per year from 1964 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#8251960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1964
Most boys named
1975101 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#825reached in 1974
Change vs 2024
−23.5%13 in 2025, from 17
Lashawn sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1975, with 101 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Lashawn in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Seán in Irish — related form
  • Jehan in French — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, North Carolina, New York.

Lashawns among us

3,100

people named Lashawn are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 131,390 born in 2025 was named Lashawn

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Rondal test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lashawn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rondal climbed just as high around 1938, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rondal's path sketches the road Lashawn is walking now.

40%chance Lashawn will feel dated by 2040
Lashawn, aligned on its peakRondal· peak 1938not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+70 yrsRondal · #11321Lashawn today
Lashawn today is about where Rondal stood in 1989 — 51 years past a #825-sized peak. By 2004, Rondal had settled around #11321.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Lashawn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Lashawn beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Lashawn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Lashawnthis name13#6446Rollie13#6446Billie13#6446Worth13#6446Blas13#6446

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Shawn is waiting inside it as a complete name with a documented Irish and French history.
  • The stress at the end balances well against a front-stressed surname.
  • Every letter behaves as an English reader expects, so it is said right on first sight.
What to consider
  • LaShawn, La Shawn and Lashaun are all in use, and the capital in the middle is a standing question.
  • The stress falls at either end depending on the speaker.
  • It is recorded for girls as well, though rarely, so on a form it will occasionally be guessed wrong.

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Frequently asked

How many Lashawns are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Lashawn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Lashawn in 2025?
Lashawn ranks #6446 among US boy names in 2025, with 13 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Lashawn?
About 1 in every 131,390 US boys born in 2025 was named Lashawn — 13 in all.
Will my child share the name Lashawn with classmates?
Lashawn will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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