girls:
739 births since 1928
#4977 (13th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1957
#3505 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1928
#5921 (23rd percentile)
The name Lajuan is the #5,921 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,835 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 23.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,505 (23.5% percentile) for all time with 1,096 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #4,977 (12.9% percentile) for all time with 739 births since 1928.
Lajuan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (1928 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Lajuan is available in 90 out of the 96 years between 1928 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 55 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lajuan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Lajuan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for girls (79.0% girls from 1928 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.5% boys from 1975 to 2023).
For boys, Lajuan reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #624) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lajuan ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 13.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lajuan reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #739) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lajuan".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Lajuan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.5% confident that Lajuan is pronounced as luhj-WAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-JUE-uhn, at 15.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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