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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #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——
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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.

Where Laverne is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1905

girls
#464
53 births · 1 in 5,502 girls
boys
#452
24 births · 1 in 5,513 boys

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #464Laverne53

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #452Laverne24
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 5,502 of them was named Laverne, which outranked 79.2% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laverne
  1. #458Guadalupe54
  2. #458Lilla54
  3. #458Veda54
  4. #464Laverne53
  5. #464Ava53
  6. #464Dixie53
  7. #464Imogene53
  8. #473Bella52
  9. #473Bulah52
  10. #473Ocie52

Tied with 8 names at #464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 5,513 of them was named Laverne, which outranked 68.2% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laverne
  1. #430Turner25
  2. #430Ulysses25
  3. #430Wilford25
  4. #452Laverne24
  5. #452Ambrose24
  6. #452Enoch24
  7. #452General24
  8. #463Alan23
  9. #463Bonnie23
  10. #463Bruno23

Tied with 10 names at #452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →