Lavar

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#485
1977 · 279 births
Debut · boys
1915
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,075
since 1915

Lavar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lavar has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #485, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#9,7147
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2022—#12,3305
2021—#8,1669
2020—#7,50210
2019—#8,8898
2018—#5,77015
2017—#7,54610
2016—#5,55516
2015—#7,06611
2014—#5,48516
2013—#9,6557
2012—#4,86219
2011—#4,82219
2010—#5,74115
2009—#5,10218
2008—#3,64629
2007—#3,44431
2006—#3,15334
2005—#3,71025
2004—#3,01433
2003—#2,67437
2002—#2,75534
2001—#2,98830
2000—#2,86431
1999—#2,86529
1998—#2,92627
1997—#3,26122
1996—#3,40620
1995—#3,85416
1994—#3,46919
1993—#3,81916
1992—#3,33819
1991—#2,82823
1990—#2,21432
1989—#1,79342
1988—#1,79038
1987—#1,21863
1986—#1,58841
1985—#1,35451
1984—#1,34949
1983—#1,51640
1982—#1,17961
1981—#1,02978
1980#10,3925#836111
1979—#708147
1978#8,5626#631174
1977—#485279
1976—#5,5875
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1966—#3,9485
1965—#3,9305
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1958—#3,5596
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1953—#3,7985
1952—#3,0957
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1947—#3,7335
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1944—#2,8627
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1939—#2,8297
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1937—#3,1756
1936—#2,6298
1935—#2,5299
1934—#2,9737
1933—#2,36810
1932—#2,46510
1931—#2,00314
1930—#2,44411
1929—#2,9808
1928—#3,3577
1927—#4,2105
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1925—#3,7416
1924—#3,5057
1923—#3,4677
1922—#2,80110
1921—#3,2148
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1918—#3,7286
1917—#3,2177
1916—#3,5166
1915—#3,8255
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Lavar! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,212 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #9,714)
  • 2,648 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 5,102 spots in 1977 (#5,587 → #485)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1981 (#836 → #1,029)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1977 at #485 (279 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1977–1980
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,890
  • Highest: 1 in 5,890 boys born in 1977 were named Lavar (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 29.2% of all boys named Lavar (605) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s24#3,217 (1917)#3,572
1920s58#2,801 (1922)#3,409
1930s82#2,003 (1931)#2,602
1940s12#2,862 (1944)#3,298
1950s18#3,095 (1952)#3,484
1960s10#3,930 (1965)#3,939
1970s605#485 (1977)#1,853
1980s574#836 (1980)#1,365
1990s223#2,214 (1990)#3,198
2000s302#2,674 (2003)#3,335
2010s136#4,822 (2011)#6,539
2020s31#7,502 (2020)#9,428

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lavar in 1980

girls
#10,392
5 births · 1 in 332,061 girls
boys
#836
111 births · 1 in 16,072 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #10,392Lavar5

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #836Lavar111
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 332,061 of them was named Lavar, which outranked 14.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lavar
  1. #9,095Yvon6
  2. #9,095Zella6
  3. #9,095Zuri6
  4. #10,392Lavar5
  5. #10,392Abbegail5
  6. #10,392Abel5
  7. #10,392Abelina5

Tied with 1,769 names at #10,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 16,072 of them was named Lavar, which outranked 88.5% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lavar
  1. #832Judd112
  2. #832Mohammad112
  3. #832Myles112
  4. #836Lavar111
  5. #836Erwin111
  6. #836Jade111
  7. #836Jameel111
  8. #841Coy110
  9. #841Davon110
  10. #841Dejuan110

Tied with 4 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →