Lawan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lawan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lawan: Recorded since 2008, it reached #2,954 in 2013, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#2954highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2013	#2954
2015	#4747
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2020	#3848
2022	#4789
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4432 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #2954 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Lawan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lawan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	34	8 of 10	4
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lawan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2954 in England and Wales in 2013.

Lawan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,954, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aban · #2954, 13y
Dian · #2954, 14y
Esrom · #2954, 13y
Frantisek · #2954, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aban · #2954, 13y
Dian · #2954, 14y
Esrom · #2954, 13y
Frantisek · #2954, 12y

Lawan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lawan without appearing here.

Lawan moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Lawan

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2954 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Even Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #3959.

Moved the opposite way to Lawan

Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lawan went from #3332 to #5119 while Braxton went from #4678 to #2088.
Gunnar Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lawan went from #3332 to #5119 while Gunnar went from #4678 to #2443.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2954 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lawan

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lawan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lawan at a glance

Lawan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Lawan and the names beside it

Lawan moved ahead of

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