Holding steady.
Popularity of Lashannon since 1970
Babies named Lashannon per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1984, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Lashannon's real moment was 1976.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 106 |
| 1980s | 142 |
| 1990s | 43 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Lashannon is a distinctly American invented name that first appeared in records in 1970, during a period when creatively constructed names with prefixes like La- were especially popular. Its peak year was 1976, when it saw its highest number of births, though it never entered the top 1000. The name combines the fashionable La- prefix with Shannon, a well-established Irish place name meaning 'wise river.' The trajectory of Lashannon has been stable but extremely rare, with only a handful of babies receiving the name in recent years. No state ranked it highly enough to appear as a top state. As a product of its era, Lashannon reflects the cultural trend toward unique, melodious feminine names in the 1970s, though it has not sustained wider adoption.
Lashannon is a modern American coinage that emerged in the 1970s, part of a trend of creating feminine names by adding the prefix La- (as in Latasha, LaToya) to established names. Here it is combined with Shannon, an Irish place name and given name. The name never ranked in the top 1000 and saw peak use in 1976, reflecting the decade's taste for elaborate invented names.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Lash, Shan, Shannon
Variants: LaShannon, La Shannon
Sibling names for Lashannon
Names that share Lashannon's style, for a brother or sister.
