unisex name
Lashaun
- Gender Unisex
- Letters 7
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 2,162
Lashaun is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 59% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 1978, when 100 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
- Lashaun started out as a girls' name and is now given almost entirely to boys.
- First appears in US birth records in 1959.
Lashaun over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 |
| 1960s | 270 |
| 1970s | 665 |
| 1980s | 475 |
| 1990s | 303 |
| 2000s | 257 |
| 2010s | 149 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 38 |
How popular is Lashaun?
In 2025, Lashaun was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Lashaun
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Lashaun also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lashaun over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Lashaun
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lashaun — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Lashaun
How popular is the name Lashaun?
In 2025, Lashaun was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Lashaun a girl's or a boy's name?
Lashaun is used for both girls and boys. About 59% of recorded births with this name are girls.
When was Lashaun most popular?
Lashaun peaked in 1978, when 100 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Lashaun a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lashaun currently ranks #12,608 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.
Was Lashaun originally a boys' or girls' name?
Lashaun was given mostly to girls in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to boys.