Lavera

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462

Peak · girls
1916 · 64 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,618
since 1895

Lavera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lavera has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #848, 1916girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#13,4626
2022
2021
2020
2019#13,7996
2018#13,7936
2017
2016#9,41111
2015
2014#16,5135
2013
2012#14,9626
2011#16,7645
2010#16,9925
2009#15,2426
2008
2007
2006#17,1685
2005#14,5026
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#15,0315
1999
1998#11,1387
1997
1996#13,5185
1995#10,5147
1994#10,5697
1993
1992#9,4918
1991#13,1475
1990#9,2478
1989#7,44910
1988#9,2447
1987#6,33511
1986#5,75712
1985#6,45710
1984
1983#5,45712
1982#4,94514
1981#6,32310
1980#5,91211
1979#10,2105
1978#5,21412
1977#5,88810
1976#7,2967
1975#5,51610
1974#5,36010
1973#4,58612
1972#7,2926
1971#3,94315
1970#4,24613
1969#4,19812
1968#3,78913
1967#2,86819
1966#2,93718
1965#3,26415
1964#2,91519
1963#3,06617
1962#2,81419
1961#2,95718
1960#2,30726
1959#2,28925
1958#3,23214
1957#2,82317
1956#2,82617
1955#2,41121
1954#2,18624
1953#2,12224
1952#2,26621
1951#2,06423
1950#1,95524
1949#1,62733
1948#1,90125
1947#1,79029
1946#1,77126
1945#1,66025
1944#1,96719
1943#1,59128
1942#1,24941
1941#1,24337
1940#1,34731
1939#1,19437
1938#1,28832
1937#1,18037
1936#1,09641
1935#1,30731
1934#1,06243
1933#1,06243
1932#94056
1931#1,06044
1930#89465
1929#99453
1928#99456
1927#96362
1926#94263
1925#84977
1924#86874
1923#92862
1922#85274
1921#86872
1920#93960
1919#88263
1918#93059
1917#95253
1916#84864
1915#1,04041
1914#91941
1913#94632
1912#1,17820
1911#1,30013
1910#1,03018
1909#1,29011
1908#1,13513
1907#1,20611
1906#89517
1905#1,9315
1904#1,00113
1903#93114
1902#1,5946
1901
1900#1,05313
1899#1,03410
1898#1,5026
1897#1,1678
1896
1895#1,1239
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Lavera! It came in at #1,123, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lavera is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMNIllinois: #542 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,186 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedHITexas: #829 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,040 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lavera, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#542 · 1 in 8,186
  2. Texas#829 · 1 in 10,040

Best ever in a state: #222 in Nebraska, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#54271 in 8,186
Texas#82961 in 10,040
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lavera
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 1,036 spots in 1906 (#1,931#895)
  • Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1907 (#895#1,206)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1916 at #848 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1916–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,810
  • Highest: 1 in 15,810 girls born in 1925 were named Lavera (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #848 in 1916, was only 1 in 16,318 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Lavera (653) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s33#1,034 (1899)#1,207
1900s103#895 (1906)#1,226
1910s404#848 (1916)#1,003
1920s653#849 (1925)#920
1930s429#894 (1930)#1,108
1940s294#1,243 (1941)#1,615
1950s210#1,955 (1950)#2,417
1960s176#2,307 (1960)#3,112
1970s100#3,943 (1971)#5,955
1980s97#4,945 (1982)#6,431
1990s47#9,247 (1990)#11,089
2000s22#14,502 (2005)#15,486
2010s44#9,411 (2016)#14,605
2020s6#13,462 (2023)#13,462

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

Lavera in 1928

girls
#994
56 births · 1 in 20,595 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #994Lavera56
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 20,595 of them was named Lavera, which outranked 81.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lavera
  1. #983Phylis57
  2. #983Rosia57
  3. #983Wava57
  4. #994Lavera56
  5. #994Ceola56
  6. #994Dorine56
  7. #994Elayne56
  8. #1,009Blossom55
  9. #1,009Burnice55
  10. #1,009Concha55

Tied with 14 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928