girls:
312 births since 1964
#5404 (5th percentile)
boys:
799 births since 1969
#3788 (17th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1964
#6628 (14th percentile)
The name Leshawn is the #6,628 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,111 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 14.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,788 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 799 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,404 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 312 births since 1964.
Leshawn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Leshawn is available in 58 out of the 58 years between 1964 and 2021 (53 years for boys and 28 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 Leshawn has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Leshawn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for girls (63.3% girls from 1964 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (81.5% boys from 1975 to 2021).
For boys, Leshawn reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #634) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Leshawn reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #723) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leshawn".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Leshawn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.4% confident that Leshawn is pronounced as leh-SHAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-SHAWN, at 24.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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