Laverne

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to girls 76.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 1,293 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,878
since 1885

Laverne over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #165, 1928peak #274, 1927girlsboys
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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#10,1079
2024#8,3129
2023#6,51713
2022#12,3305
2021#10,7996
2020#8,0679
2019#9,7567
2018
2017
2016#10,7446
2015#7,49110
2014#8,1309
2013#12,1365
2012#12,2745
2011
2010#8,8038
2009#12,4915
2008#11,0376
2007
2006#12,0555
2005#7,6409
2004#8,9277
2003#15,7845#10,8945
2002#7,6438
2001#10,5565
2000#6,8399
1999#5,65611
1998#10,1228
1997#13,7245#6,6188
1996#13,5185#7,1367
1995#11,7836#6,9927
1994#6,67213#5,45210
1993#6,62213#8,7005
1992#6,00815#6,1288
1991#5,65916#8,2365
1990#5,06018#4,99310
1989#4,67019#5,6158
1988#4,49619#5,2008
1987#5,61313#4,23910
1986#4,96415#4,8538
1985#3,85221#3,21614
1984#3,23326#4,2159
1983#3,06527#4,1419
1982#2,22045#3,96610
1981#2,56336#3,22113
1980#2,86631#2,28422
1979#2,27342#2,77716
1978#1,89352#2,47318
1977#1,38081#2,27020
1976#1,25289#2,05423
1975#1,35079#2,36118
1974#1,26086#1,61830
1973#1,109101#1,78225
1972#1,030113#1,60329
1971#870154#1,78425
1970#840161#1,31440
1969#807163#1,15246
1968#656219#1,13144
1967#653216#1,13243
1966#567282#1,02750
1965#558291#1,04350
1964#535338#1,04452
1963#480403#92166
1962#478410#97361
1961#460451#91270
1960#437498#85279
1959#406538#90671
1958#404526#97860
1957#370601#81885
1956#358594#80985
1955#333653#727101
1954#380511#699107
1953#367536#680111
1952#340588#673106
1951#316622#635123
1950#316603#626120
1949#317605#645112
1948#297661#548148
1947#316603#504177
1946#295609#495170
1945#284598#471159
1944#295517#441192
1943#300536#427212
1942#281588#414220
1941#269565#373241
1940#259579#375231
1939#253615#404199
1938#252639#329285
1937#234692#304305
1936#230711#326276
1935#217785#314300
1934#217820#302323
1933#202862#310299
1932#199927#284366
1931#1761,042#278395
1930#1781,096#283402
1929#1701,194#291368
1928#1651,293#275428
1927#1661,333#274421
1926#1691,327#286399
1925#1701,335#285401
1924#1691,383#286402
1923#1721,306#278414
1922#1811,214#277414
1921#1851,163#276405
1920#1881,094#289375
1919#198944#294337
1918#199965#299343
1917#222762#328275
1916#245642#344243
1915#249564#351231
1914#266379#371162
1913#277288#390119
1912#299225#43979
1911#339136#43245
1910#340134#55626
1909#364100#51925
1908#37591#52223
1907#46858#46425
1906#40273#59016
1905#46453#45224
1904#48047#61214
1903#49641#73410
1902#52837#65112
1901#45942#7798
1900#54339#78511
1899#60626
1898#63126#70110
1897#62724#7878
1896#61026#7789
1895#70320#9786
1894#78215#9546
1893#95510
1892#86112#9566
1891#1,2136
1890#9409#8147
1889#9508#7897
1888#1,2765#8157
1887
1886#9936
1885#8427#8366
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Laverne! It came in at #842, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Laverne
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1892 (#1,213#861)
  • Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1891 (#940#1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1928 at #165 (1,293 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1892–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 892
  • Highest: 1 in 892 girls born in 1928 were named Laverne (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.5% of all girls named Laverne (12,642) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#842 (1885)#1,015
1890s174#606 (1899)#793
1900s581#364 (1909)#458
1910s5,039#198 (1919)#263
1920s12,642#165 (1928)#174
1930s8,189#176 (1931)#216
1940s5,861#259 (1940)#291
1950s5,772#316 (1951)#359
1960s3,271#437 (1960)#563
1970s958#840 (1970)#1,326
1980s252#2,220 (1982)#3,754
1990s99#5,060 (1990)#8,796
2000s5#15,784 (2003)#15,784
2010s0
2020s9#10,107 (2025)#10,107

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.

Laverne in 1969

girls
#807
163 births · 1 in 10,350 girls
boys
#1,152
46 births · 1 in 38,873 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #807Laverne163

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #1,152Laverne46
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 10,350 of them was named Laverne, which outranked 90.7% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laverne
  1. #804Kirstin164
  2. #804Roseann164
  3. #804Yolonda164
  4. #807Laverne163
  5. #807Elvira163
  6. #807Leisa163
  7. #810Racquel162
  8. #810Tena162
  9. #812Nicolle161

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 38,873 of them was named Laverne, which outranked 77.2% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laverne
  1. #1,136Stephanie47
  2. #1,136Trinidad47
  3. #1,136Willian47
  4. #1,152Laverne46
  5. #1,152Adrain46
  6. #1,152Channing46
  7. #1,152Darvin46
  8. #1,168Anson45
  9. #1,168Artie45
  10. #1,168Benedict45

Tied with 15 names at #1,152; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,735Dedric#2,735#1,000
  2. 780Jameson#1,731#951
  3. 589Torrey#1,393#804
  4. 549Jamison#1,258#709
  5. 534Jemal#1,083#549
Fallers
  1. 449Artis#877#1,326
  2. 410Kennedy#986#1,396
  3. 408Alfie#968#1,376
  4. 360Micky#861#1,221
  5. 356Montgomery#946#1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969