Lavern
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #13,606 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 59.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 290 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,236since 1880
Lavern over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,072 | 26 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,918 | 26 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,964 | 25 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,976 | 21 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,349 | 26 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | #1,485 | 33 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 | #1,418 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,599 | 59 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | #1,124 | 48 |
| 1968 | #1,504 | 57 | #1,068 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,299 | 70 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 | #932 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 | #1,000 | 54 |
| 1964 | #1,112 | 97 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1963 | #1,003 | 113 | #1,012 | 56 |
| 1962 | #1,038 | 108 | #930 | 66 |
| 1961 | #1,005 | 116 | #901 | 72 |
| 1960 | #870 | 142 | #782 | 95 |
| 1959 | #804 | 162 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #790 | 161 | #835 | 81 |
| 1957 | #734 | 186 | #789 | 90 |
| 1956 | #772 | 161 | #737 | 99 |
| 1955 | #712 | 176 | #700 | 109 |
| 1954 | #793 | 140 | #778 | 84 |
| 1953 | #934 | 102 | #700 | 103 |
| 1952 | #783 | 132 | #650 | 113 |
| 1951 | #952 | 95 | #749 | 86 |
| 1950 | #1,001 | 83 | #606 | 127 |
| 1949 | #918 | 93 | #621 | 120 |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | #598 | 127 |
| 1947 | #780 | 122 | #604 | 126 |
| 1946 | #771 | 113 | #567 | 128 |
| 1945 | #701 | 112 | #546 | 120 |
| 1944 | #787 | 94 | #531 | 130 |
| 1943 | #870 | 80 | #508 | 148 |
| 1942 | #739 | 104 | #498 | 151 |
| 1941 | #724 | 95 | #473 | 155 |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 | #440 | 174 |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 | #435 | 170 |
| 1938 | #696 | 98 | #412 | 189 |
| 1937 | #723 | 87 | #385 | 203 |
| 1936 | #686 | 94 | #422 | 174 |
| 1935 | #614 | 112 | #376 | 209 |
| 1934 | #653 | 105 | #350 | 248 |
| 1933 | #642 | 105 | #361 | 227 |
| 1932 | #599 | 120 | #353 | 245 |
| 1931 | #649 | 104 | #348 | 251 |
| 1930 | #612 | 128 | #349 | 262 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 | #353 | 252 |
| 1928 | #628 | 125 | #352 | 264 |
| 1927 | #594 | 142 | #354 | 274 |
| 1926 | #593 | 143 | #372 | 245 |
| 1925 | #651 | 127 | #371 | 256 |
| 1924 | #623 | 145 | #346 | 290 |
| 1923 | #642 | 131 | #348 | 287 |
| 1922 | #665 | 119 | #363 | 271 |
| 1921 | #619 | 140 | #380 | 253 |
| 1920 | #625 | 131 | #388 | 236 |
| 1919 | #660 | 112 | #396 | 219 |
| 1918 | #625 | 128 | #422 | 190 |
| 1917 | #686 | 100 | #454 | 154 |
| 1916 | #848 | 64 | #479 | 143 |
| 1915 | #798 | 68 | #475 | 135 |
| 1914 | #798 | 53 | #528 | 87 |
| 1913 | #913 | 34 | #523 | 67 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #547 | 54 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | #624 | 24 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lavern was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 22 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #4,050)
- 132 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #4,050)
- 495 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1905 (#966 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1906 (#666 → #927)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #346 (290 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1904–1962
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,819
- Highest: 1 in 3,819 boys born in 1923 were named Lavern (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #346 in 1924, was only 1 in 3,906 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 25.7% of all boys named Lavern (2,628) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1978
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #909 (1880) | #913 |
| 1890s | 23 | #861 (1892) | #987 |
| 1900s | 74 | #666 (1905) | #918 |
| 1910s | 1,090 | #396 (1919) | #518 |
| 1920s | 2,628 | #346 (1924) | #363 |
| 1930s | 2,178 | #348 (1931) | #379 |
| 1940s | 1,379 | #440 (1940) | #539 |
| 1950s | 960 | #606 (1950) | #747 |
| 1960s | 602 | #782 (1960) | #983 |
| 1970s | 281 | #1,351 (1970) | #1,873 |
| 1980s | 200 | #2,086 (1981) | #2,598 |
| 1990s | 172 | #2,628 (1990) | #3,933 |
| 2000s | 236 | #3,299 (2000) | #3,865 |
| 2010s | 227 | #3,531 (2010) | #4,381 |
| 2020s | 175 | #3,347 (2023) | #3,762 |
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.
Lavern in 1880
boys
#909
5 births · 1 in 22,098 boys
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 22,098 of them was named Lavern, which outranked 14.1% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).