Lashon
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lashon has been given to 2,251 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 123 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.
Babies named Lashon, 2007
1 in 800,000
Lashon over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lashon over time
In 2024, Lashon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lashon?
Lashon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2007
- 1 in 800,000
- 5 of 3,997,748 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 384,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2007
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 554,207 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lashon sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 554,207 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lashon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lashons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lashon was born before 1973 — so the typical Lashon is around 52 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 51.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 16.4%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,535
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 51.5% of all recorded uses (790).
Is Lashon rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1970 (123)
- Years since peak
- 55
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.0% average annual change
Spellings of Lashon
Lashon is not the most common spelling — Ashton is, with 29.7% against Lashon's 2.3%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Lashon is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lashon was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 123,650 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1District of Columbia1 in 11,111
- 2Illinois1 in 50,000
- 3California1 in 100,000
- 4Florida1 in 100,000
- 5Georgia1 in 100,000
- 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 7Michigan1 in 100,000
- 8New York1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lashon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lashon is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lashon was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 626,307 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Illinois1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Michigan1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
- 5Ohio1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lashon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lashon around the world
Where Lashon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1983–1983#686in 1983
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lashon by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lashon
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lashon
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.