Laverna
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #8,318
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 120 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,733since 1889
Laverna over time
Rank among girls' names. Laverna has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,505 | 41 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 |
| 1947 | #1,318 | 48 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 |
| 1944 | #1,079 | 52 |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 |
| 1938 | #944 | 57 |
| 1937 | #1,070 | 44 |
| 1936 | #888 | 59 |
| 1935 | #861 | 64 |
| 1934 | #781 | 74 |
| 1933 | #714 | 83 |
| 1932 | #816 | 70 |
| 1931 | #702 | 91 |
| 1930 | #761 | 85 |
| 1929 | #726 | 93 |
| 1928 | #695 | 101 |
| 1927 | #800 | 82 |
| 1926 | #721 | 102 |
| 1925 | #698 | 111 |
| 1924 | #747 | 98 |
| 1923 | #687 | 114 |
| 1922 | #694 | 111 |
| 1921 | #699 | 112 |
| 1920 | #640 | 127 |
| 1919 | #634 | 120 |
| 1918 | #679 | 112 |
| 1917 | #665 | 104 |
| 1916 | #718 | 90 |
| 1915 | #734 | 82 |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 |
| 1912 | #781 | 41 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Laverna! It came in at #1,025, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Laverna is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#243 · 1 in 1,777
- Nebraska#243 · 1 in 1,955
- Missouri#400 · 1 in 4,305
Best ever in a state: #150 in Nebraska, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #243 | 7 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Nebraska | #243 | 5 | 1 in 1,955 |
| Missouri | #400 | 6 | 1 in 4,305 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Laverna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
- Biggest jump: 994 spots in 1909 (#1,862 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1904 (#931 → #1,251)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1919 at #634 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1909–1936
- Highest: 1 in 9,418 girls born in 1919 were named Laverna (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 245,833 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
- 28.2% of all girls named Laverna (1,051) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,025 |
| 1890s | 54 | #1,047 (1896) | #1,205 |
| 1900s | 115 | #868 (1909) | #1,188 |
| 1910s | 702 | #634 (1919) | #749 |
| 1920s | 1,051 | #640 (1920) | #711 |
| 1930s | 683 | #702 (1931) | #848 |
| 1940s | 454 | #1,055 (1942) | #1,239 |
| 1950s | 328 | #1,505 (1952) | #1,825 |
| 1960s | 211 | #2,013 (1960) | #2,819 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,577 (1970) | #6,091 |
| 1980s | 25 | #8,128 (1981) | #9,019 |
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.
Laverna in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 17,634 of them was named Laverna, which outranked 81.7% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #876Theodora60
- #876Velva60
- #876Winnifred60
- #888Laverna59
- #888Bethel59
- #888Judie59
- #888Lea59
- #894Alda58
- #894Dorine58
- #894Eve58
Tied with 5 names at #888; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.