girls:
677 births since 1961
#5039 (12th percentile)
boys:
326 births since 1968
#4260 (7th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1961
#6736 (13th percentile)
The name Lashun is the #6,736 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,003 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 12.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,039 (11.8% percentile) for all time with 677 births since 1961. For boys, it ranks #4,260 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 326 births since 1968.
Lashun first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Lashun is available in 48 out of the 62 years between 1961 and 2022 (36 years for boys and 35 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 Lashun has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.5% of all recorded births). In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Lashun were girls. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for girls (72.8% girls from 1961 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2002 to 2022).
For girls, Lashun reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #719) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 32 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
For boys, Lashun reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #639) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lashun".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Lashun. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.7% confident that Lashun is pronounced as luh-SHUEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-SHUHN, at 30.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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