girls:
96 births since 1954
#5620 (2nd percentile)
boys:
54 births since 1972
#4532 (1st percentile)
overall:
150 births since 1954
#7589 (2nd percentile)
The name Lawan is the #7,589 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 150 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,620 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 96 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #4,532 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 1972.
Lawan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Lawan is available in 22 out of the 49 years between 1954 and 2002 (15 years for girls and 9 years for boys). 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 Lawan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (64.0% of all recorded births). In 2002, 0.0% of babies named Lawan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (81.1% girls from 1954 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.3% boys from 1978 to 2002).
For girls, Lawan reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #735) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.
For boys, Lawan reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lawan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lawan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.7% confident that Lawan is pronounced as luh-WAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAH-wuhn, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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