Lavender
- #1,095 for girls in 2025, 220 births
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 261 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,323since 1962
Lavender over time
Rank among girls' names. Lavender has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,095 | 220 |
| 2024 | #990 | 261 |
| 2023 | #1,174 | 204 |
| 2022 | #1,259 | 190 |
| 2021 | #1,392 | 157 |
| 2020 | #1,422 | 153 |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 |
| 2018 | #1,953 | 101 |
| 2017 | #2,200 | 86 |
| 2016 | #2,247 | 85 |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 |
| 2013 | #3,314 | 48 |
| 2012 | #3,134 | 53 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
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| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lavender! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lavender is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#480 · 1 in 2,025
- Nevada#508 · 1 in 1,840
- Iowa#565 · 1 in 2,354
- South Carolina#614 · 1 in 2,613
- Ohio#644 · 1 in 3,151
Best ever in a state: #269 in New Mexico, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #480 | 12 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Ohio | #644 | 15 | 1 in 3,151 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Michigan | #690 | 11 | 1 in 3,248 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| California | #1,185 | 21 | 1 in 7,701 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| Texas | #1,406 | 17 | 1 in 9,444 |
| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
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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 Lavender
- 105 spots since 2024 (#990 → #1,095)
- 327 spots since 2020 (#1,422 → #1,095)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 2024
- Biggest drop: 105 spots in 2025
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2024 at #990 (261 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2024
- Highest: 1 in 6,208 girls born in 2024 were named Lavender (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,306 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 51.0% of all girls named Lavender (1,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,578 (1962) | #6,578 |
| 1970s | 27 | #6,189 (1979) | #7,675 |
| 1980s | 57 | #6,612 (1986) | #9,619 |
| 1990s | 96 | #4,201 (1999) | #8,456 |
| 2000s | 297 | #3,940 (2001) | #4,596 |
| 2010s | 656 | #1,773 (2019) | #3,055 |
| 2020s | 1,185 | #990 (2024) | #1,222 |
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.
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