Lavinia

#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births

Peak · girls
1880 · 21 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,660
since 1880

Lavinia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lavinia has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #352, 1880girls
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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#2,27680
2024#2,13489
2023#2,33678
2022#2,14289
2021#2,53369
2020#2,74860
2019#2,63266
2018#2,74462
2017#2,59767
2016#2,44675
2015#2,77363
2014#3,08054
2013#2,50871
2012#3,09454
2011#3,84339
2010#4,18035
2009#4,37034
2008#5,14228
2007#4,21336
2006#5,70923
2005#4,70428
2004#4,17233
2003#5,79520
2002#5,08623
2001#5,17422
2000#6,20817
1999#5,03921
1998#6,36015
1997#7,28312
1996#6,06415
1995#5,22118
1994#5,71316
1993#6,26414
1992#5,05119
1991#4,65021
1990#4,69420
1989#5,04917
1988#5,32115
1987#3,85722
1986#4,02820
1985#3,62123
1984#3,42324
1983#3,68721
1982#4,71615
1981#4,00519
1980#3,71921
1979#2,72432
1978#2,57233
1977#2,90927
1976#2,21038
1975#2,35734
1974#2,34833
1973#1,73251
1972#2,13536
1971#2,37532
1970#2,26734
1969#1,92742
1968#2,12632
1967#1,78342
1966#1,64646
1965#1,80140
1964#1,80342
1963#1,83940
1962#1,94735
1961#2,35926
1960#1,92535
1959#1,95133
1958#2,02530
1957#1,55048
1956#1,79635
1955#2,15625
1954#1,42250
1953#1,62237
1952#1,71333
1951#1,70132
1950#1,47439
1949#1,62733
1948#1,34547
1947#1,57636
1946#1,29045
1945#1,45031
1944#1,51929
1943#1,94920
1942#1,27839
1941#1,31034
1940#1,21836
1939#1,42427
1938#1,21936
1937#1,45126
1936#1,20635
1935#1,03944
1934#1,19036
1933#1,14038
1932#1,03247
1931#1,01048
1930#1,10145
1929#92260
1928#93663
1927#89370
1926#97159
1925#91366
1924#93466
1923#77489
1922#80382
1921#75793
1920#75792
1919#77882
1918#77186
1917#79775
1916#77578
1915#80267
1914#72463
1913#77646
1912#93829
1911#87524
1910#81228
1909#69133
1908#66933
1907#66632
1906#71626
1905#73424
1904#58633
1903#66625
1902#55934
1901#57729
1900#52441
1899#61625
1898#52036
1897#59426
1896#56529
1895#52032
1894#48734
1893#53527
1892#44237
1891#49727
1890#49927
1889#42133
1888#53322
1887#49920
1886#36035
1885#44622
1884#44920
1883#42320
1882#43118
1881#44714
1880#35221
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lavinia was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1998, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lavinia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 142 spots since 2024 (#2,134#2,276)
  • 472 spots since 2020 (#2,748#2,276)
  • 497 spots since 2015 (#2,773#2,276)
  • Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1913 (#938#776)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1930 (#922#1,101)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #352 (21 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1880–1929
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,130
  • Highest: 1 in 4,130 girls born in 1886 were named Lavinia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #352 in 1880, was only 1 in 4,333 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.1% of all girls named Lavinia (740) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s225#352 (1880)#436
1890s300#442 (1892)#528
1900s310#524 (1900)#639
1910s578#724 (1914)#805
1920s740#757 (1921)#866
1930s382#1,010 (1931)#1,181
1940s350#1,218 (1940)#1,456
1950s362#1,422 (1954)#1,741
1960s380#1,646 (1966)#1,916
1970s350#1,732 (1973)#2,363
1980s197#3,423 (1984)#4,143
1990s171#4,650 (1991)#5,634
2000s264#4,172 (2004)#5,057
2010s586#2,446 (2016)#2,990
2020s465#2,134 (2024)#2,362

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.

Lavinia in 1895

girls
#520
32 births · 1 in 7,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #520Lavinia32
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 7,301 of them was named Lavinia, which outranked 71.2% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lavinia
  1. #513Lavina33
  2. #513Mertie33
  3. #513Therese33
  4. #520Lavinia32
  5. #520Althea32
  6. #520Celeste32
  7. #520Claudie32
  8. #530Besse31
  9. #530Bridget31
  10. #530Ethyl31

Tied with 9 names at #520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

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

See the top 100 for 1895