Lashawn
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lashawn
The prefix La- was historically used by the Free Blacks of New Orleans in the nineteenth century to indicate paternity. Thus, someone named Lashawn was the son of Shawn, a phonetic spelling of Sean, the Irish variation of John.
Lashawn for girls
La is the French prefix used to indicate paternity, much the same way Mc or O' are used in Irish and the son suffix is used in English. First names with the La prefix were popularized in the 19th century by the Free Blacks of New Orleans, who used La plus the father's first name, making Lashawn (or LaShawn) a name meaning son (or child) of Shawn, a phonetic spelling of Sean, the Irish variation of John.
Pronounced luh-SHAWN.
As of October 2026, Lashawn ranked #6658 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #829 in 1974.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,449 | 52 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,278 | 35 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,093 | 38 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,557 | 31 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,422 | 33 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,727 | 21 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,310 | 34 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,569 | 22 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,172 | 26 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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