Lawana vs Lawanna

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Lawana Lawanna

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 78 years in which either name was published, Lawana for 61 years and Lawanna for 17 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.

• 1918–1971 Lawana ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1977–1996 Lawanna ahead, apart from 2 short spells

10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Lawanas alive today are over 62; half the Lawannas are over 59. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Lawana Oklahoma (11.7×), Utah (4.4×), Georgia (4.2×)
• Lawanna Oklahoma (9.0×), Georgia (7.9×), Louisiana (3.2×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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