Lavern
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #13,606 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 59.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 290 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,236since 1880
Lavern 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 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,072 | 26 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,918 | 26 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,964 | 25 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,976 | 21 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,349 | 26 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | #1,485 | 33 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 | #1,418 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,599 | 59 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | #1,124 | 48 |
| 1968 | #1,504 | 57 | #1,068 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,299 | 70 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 | #932 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 | #1,000 | 54 |
| 1964 | #1,112 | 97 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1963 | #1,003 | 113 | #1,012 | 56 |
| 1962 | #1,038 | 108 | #930 | 66 |
| 1961 | #1,005 | 116 | #901 | 72 |
| 1960 | #870 | 142 | #782 | 95 |
| 1959 | #804 | 162 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #790 | 161 | #835 | 81 |
| 1957 | #734 | 186 | #789 | 90 |
| 1956 | #772 | 161 | #737 | 99 |
| 1955 | #712 | 176 | #700 | 109 |
| 1954 | #793 | 140 | #778 | 84 |
| 1953 | #934 | 102 | #700 | 103 |
| 1952 | #783 | 132 | #650 | 113 |
| 1951 | #952 | 95 | #749 | 86 |
| 1950 | #1,001 | 83 | #606 | 127 |
| 1949 | #918 | 93 | #621 | 120 |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | #598 | 127 |
| 1947 | #780 | 122 | #604 | 126 |
| 1946 | #771 | 113 | #567 | 128 |
| 1945 | #701 | 112 | #546 | 120 |
| 1944 | #787 | 94 | #531 | 130 |
| 1943 | #870 | 80 | #508 | 148 |
| 1942 | #739 | 104 | #498 | 151 |
| 1941 | #724 | 95 | #473 | 155 |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 | #440 | 174 |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 | #435 | 170 |
| 1938 | #696 | 98 | #412 | 189 |
| 1937 | #723 | 87 | #385 | 203 |
| 1936 | #686 | 94 | #422 | 174 |
| 1935 | #614 | 112 | #376 | 209 |
| 1934 | #653 | 105 | #350 | 248 |
| 1933 | #642 | 105 | #361 | 227 |
| 1932 | #599 | 120 | #353 | 245 |
| 1931 | #649 | 104 | #348 | 251 |
| 1930 | #612 | 128 | #349 | 262 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 | #353 | 252 |
| 1928 | #628 | 125 | #352 | 264 |
| 1927 | #594 | 142 | #354 | 274 |
| 1926 | #593 | 143 | #372 | 245 |
| 1925 | #651 | 127 | #371 | 256 |
| 1924 | #623 | 145 | #346 | 290 |
| 1923 | #642 | 131 | #348 | 287 |
| 1922 | #665 | 119 | #363 | 271 |
| 1921 | #619 | 140 | #380 | 253 |
| 1920 | #625 | 131 | #388 | 236 |
| 1919 | #660 | 112 | #396 | 219 |
| 1918 | #625 | 128 | #422 | 190 |
| 1917 | #686 | 100 | #454 | 154 |
| 1916 | #848 | 64 | #479 | 143 |
| 1915 | #798 | 68 | #475 | 135 |
| 1914 | #798 | 53 | #528 | 87 |
| 1913 | #913 | 34 | #523 | 67 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #547 | 54 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | #624 | 24 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lavern was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lavern is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#503 · 1 in 12,289
- Illinois#724 · 1 in 21,564
Best ever in a state: #75 in Nebraska, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #503 | 7 | 1 in 12,289 |
| Illinois | #724 | 5 | 1 in 21,564 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Lavern
- 22 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #4,050)
- 132 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #4,050)
- 495 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1905 (#966 → #666)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1906 (#666 → #927)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #346 (290 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1904–1962
- Highest: 1 in 3,819 boys born in 1923 were named Lavern (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #346 in 1924, was only 1 in 3,906 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.7% of all boys named Lavern (2,628) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #909 (1880) | #913 |
| 1890s | 23 | #861 (1892) | #987 |
| 1900s | 74 | #666 (1905) | #918 |
| 1910s | 1,090 | #396 (1919) | #518 |
| 1920s | 2,628 | #346 (1924) | #363 |
| 1930s | 2,178 | #348 (1931) | #379 |
| 1940s | 1,379 | #440 (1940) | #539 |
| 1950s | 960 | #606 (1950) | #747 |
| 1960s | 602 | #782 (1960) | #983 |
| 1970s | 281 | #1,351 (1970) | #1,873 |
| 1980s | 200 | #2,086 (1981) | #2,598 |
| 1990s | 172 | #2,628 (1990) | #3,933 |
| 2000s | 236 | #3,299 (2000) | #3,865 |
| 2010s | 227 | #3,531 (2010) | #4,381 |
| 2020s | 175 | #3,347 (2023) | #3,762 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lavern in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 17,058 of them was named Lavern, which outranked 86.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #997Melony114
- #997Sharyl114
- #997Shirlene114
- #1,003Lavern113
- #1,003Lina113
- #1,003Nan113
- #1,003Petra113
- #1,008Nena112
- #1,008Trudi112
- #1,010Anthony111
Tied with 4 names at #1,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 36,269 of them was named Lavern, which outranked 78.1% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,005Mckinley57
- #1,005Milo57
- #1,005Tobin57
- #1,012Lavern56
- #1,012Donal56
- #1,012Dwyane56
- #1,012Rey56
- #1,020Artie55
- #1,020Broderick55
- #1,020Kalvin55
Tied with 7 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.