Lavon
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to girls 55.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 146 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,246since 1896
Lavon over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #2,884 | 43 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,952 | 42 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,191 | 66 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,193 | 64 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,689 | 46 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,525 | 52 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,300 | 58 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,672 | 46 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,551 | 49 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,276 | 58 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,622 | 46 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,044 | 66 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,983 | 71 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #2,478 | 50 |
| 2010 | — | #2,467 | 50 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,789 | 84 |
| 2008 | — | #1,838 | 79 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,117 | 64 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,669 | 85 |
| 2005 | — | #1,889 | 67 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,989 | 60 |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #2,224 | 47 |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,782 | 61 |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,495 | 63 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #1,340 | 72 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,490 | 61 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | #1,615 | 52 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #1,411 | 60 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #1,404 | 55 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | #1,242 | 60 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #1,158 | 65 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #1,251 | 54 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #1,095 | 69 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | #1,055 | 73 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #1,177 | 59 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | #1,177 | 57 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,714 | 52 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 | #1,494 | 32 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #1,340 | 32 |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 | #1,189 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,214 | 77 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #1,196 | 79 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,160 | 80 | #1,157 | 43 |
| 1955 | #1,253 | 65 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 | #1,361 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,160 | 65 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #948 | 89 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1947 | #969 | 84 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #863 | 76 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #855 | 79 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #783 | 99 | #917 | 53 |
| 1942 | #734 | 105 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #702 | 100 | #960 | 44 |
| 1940 | #693 | 101 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | #674 | 101 | #904 | 47 |
| 1938 | #644 | 113 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #639 | 113 | #1,074 | 36 |
| 1936 | #564 | 134 | #853 | 51 |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 | #956 | 44 |
| 1934 | #536 | 146 | #845 | 55 |
| 1933 | #562 | 130 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #552 | 139 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #581 | 129 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #600 | 132 | #892 | 55 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 | #914 | 54 |
| 1928 | #594 | 141 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1927 | #619 | 132 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #582 | 148 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1925 | #612 | 142 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #604 | 152 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #620 | 141 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #609 | 142 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #737 | 98 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #685 | 113 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #728 | 92 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #766 | 87 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #775 | 79 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #810 | 70 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #685 | 93 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | — | |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lavon! It came in at #1,292, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lavon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 530 spots in 1902 (#1,466 → #936)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1903 (#936 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1934 at #536 (146 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1904–1947
- Highest: 1 in 7,152 girls born in 1934 were named Lavon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 21.2% of all girls named Lavon (1,327) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1976, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 24 | #1,292 (1896) | #1,456 |
| 1900s | 153 | #742 (1906) | #1,017 |
| 1910s | 611 | #685 (1915) | #789 |
| 1920s | 1,327 | #582 (1926) | #630 |
| 1930s | 1,238 | #536 (1934) | #601 |
| 1940s | 856 | #693 (1940) | #872 |
| 1950s | 751 | #948 (1950) | #1,154 |
| 1960s | 575 | #1,220 (1960) | #1,534 |
| 1970s | 361 | #1,681 (1970) | #2,449 |
| 1980s | 219 | #3,002 (1980) | #4,041 |
| 1990s | 99 | #4,208 (1991) | #7,804 |
| 2000s | 27 | #11,801 (2000) | #15,559 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
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.
Lavon in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 17,199 of them was named Lavon, which outranked 83.5% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #856Lettie77
- #856Trina77
- #856Vada77
- #863Lavon76
- #863Geri76
- #863Kate76
- #863Letitia76
- #869Deena75
- #869Janeen75
- #869Kathi75
Tied with 5 names at #863; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 40,783 of them was named Lavon, which outranked 69.9% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,122Lannie34
- #1,122Leonel34
- #1,122Rolando34
- #1,139Lavon33
- #1,139Dante33
- #1,139Devon33
- #1,139Diane33
- #1,163Aloysius32
- #1,163Auther32
- #1,163Clovis32
Tied with 23 names at #1,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.