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
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 1,293 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 42,878since 1885
Laverne 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 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,893 | 52 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #1,252 | 89 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #1,350 | 79 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #1,260 | 86 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,109 | 101 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #1,030 | 113 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #870 | 154 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #840 | 161 | #1,314 | 40 |
| 1969 | #807 | 163 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #656 | 219 | #1,131 | 44 |
| 1967 | #653 | 216 | #1,132 | 43 |
| 1966 | #567 | 282 | #1,027 | 50 |
| 1965 | #558 | 291 | #1,043 | 50 |
| 1964 | #535 | 338 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1963 | #480 | 403 | #921 | 66 |
| 1962 | #478 | 410 | #973 | 61 |
| 1961 | #460 | 451 | #912 | 70 |
| 1960 | #437 | 498 | #852 | 79 |
| 1959 | #406 | 538 | #906 | 71 |
| 1958 | #404 | 526 | #978 | 60 |
| 1957 | #370 | 601 | #818 | 85 |
| 1956 | #358 | 594 | #809 | 85 |
| 1955 | #333 | 653 | #727 | 101 |
| 1954 | #380 | 511 | #699 | 107 |
| 1953 | #367 | 536 | #680 | 111 |
| 1952 | #340 | 588 | #673 | 106 |
| 1951 | #316 | 622 | #635 | 123 |
| 1950 | #316 | 603 | #626 | 120 |
| 1949 | #317 | 605 | #645 | 112 |
| 1948 | #297 | 661 | #548 | 148 |
| 1947 | #316 | 603 | #504 | 177 |
| 1946 | #295 | 609 | #495 | 170 |
| 1945 | #284 | 598 | #471 | 159 |
| 1944 | #295 | 517 | #441 | 192 |
| 1943 | #300 | 536 | #427 | 212 |
| 1942 | #281 | 588 | #414 | 220 |
| 1941 | #269 | 565 | #373 | 241 |
| 1940 | #259 | 579 | #375 | 231 |
| 1939 | #253 | 615 | #404 | 199 |
| 1938 | #252 | 639 | #329 | 285 |
| 1937 | #234 | 692 | #304 | 305 |
| 1936 | #230 | 711 | #326 | 276 |
| 1935 | #217 | 785 | #314 | 300 |
| 1934 | #217 | 820 | #302 | 323 |
| 1933 | #202 | 862 | #310 | 299 |
| 1932 | #199 | 927 | #284 | 366 |
| 1931 | #176 | 1,042 | #278 | 395 |
| 1930 | #178 | 1,096 | #283 | 402 |
| 1929 | #170 | 1,194 | #291 | 368 |
| 1928 | #165 | 1,293 | #275 | 428 |
| 1927 | #166 | 1,333 | #274 | 421 |
| 1926 | #169 | 1,327 | #286 | 399 |
| 1925 | #170 | 1,335 | #285 | 401 |
| 1924 | #169 | 1,383 | #286 | 402 |
| 1923 | #172 | 1,306 | #278 | 414 |
| 1922 | #181 | 1,214 | #277 | 414 |
| 1921 | #185 | 1,163 | #276 | 405 |
| 1920 | #188 | 1,094 | #289 | 375 |
| 1919 | #198 | 944 | #294 | 337 |
| 1918 | #199 | 965 | #299 | 343 |
| 1917 | #222 | 762 | #328 | 275 |
| 1916 | #245 | 642 | #344 | 243 |
| 1915 | #249 | 564 | #351 | 231 |
| 1914 | #266 | 379 | #371 | 162 |
| 1913 | #277 | 288 | #390 | 119 |
| 1912 | #299 | 225 | #439 | 79 |
| 1911 | #339 | 136 | #432 | 45 |
| 1910 | #340 | 134 | #556 | 26 |
| 1909 | #364 | 100 | #519 | 25 |
| 1908 | #375 | 91 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #468 | 58 | #464 | 25 |
| 1906 | #402 | 73 | #590 | 16 |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | #452 | 24 |
| 1904 | #480 | 47 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | #496 | 41 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #459 | 42 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #606 | 26 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#44 · 1 in 155
- Illinois#52 · 1 in 207
- Missouri#69 · 1 in 287
- North Dakota#78 · 1 in 247
- Oregon#99 · 1 in 396
Best ever in a state: #41 in Wisconsin, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #44 | 156 | 1 in 155 |
| Illinois | #52 | 290 | 1 in 207 |
| Missouri | #69 | 109 | 1 in 287 |
| North Dakota | #78 | 25 | 1 in 247 |
| Oregon | #99 | 15 | 1 in 396 |
| Minnesota | #102 | 50 | 1 in 437 |
| Ohio | #137 | 74 | 1 in 746 |
| California | #142 | 54 | 1 in 684 |
| Oklahoma | #142 | 43 | 1 in 601 |
| Washington | #147 | 12 | 1 in 817 |
| Nebraska | #151 | 15 | 1 in 789 |
| Texas | #151 | 96 | 1 in 643 |
| Kentucky | #164 | 37 | 1 in 810 |
| Kansas | #170 | 17 | 1 in 937 |
| Pennsylvania | #171 | 81 | 1 in 1,170 |
| South Dakota | #171 | 7 | 1 in 849 |
| Indiana | #183 | 21 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Arkansas | #184 | 25 | 1 in 870 |
| Utah | #200 | 5 | 1 in 994 |
| Tennessee | #201 | 25 | 1 in 1,165 |
| Mississippi | #206 | 22 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Georgia | #227 | 24 | 1 in 1,451 |
| Colorado | #237 | 6 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Iowa | #242 | 11 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Louisiana | #243 | 19 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Michigan | #258 | 17 | 1 in 2,408 |
| Maryland | #269 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Florida | #273 | 9 | 1 in 1,659 |
| New Jersey | #298 | 8 | 1 in 3,889 |
| Alabama | #352 | 10 | 1 in 3,299 |
| West Virginia | #363 | 6 | 1 in 3,425 |
| Virginia | #367 | 7 | 1 in 3,965 |
| New York | #559 | 8 | 1 in 12,507 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Laverne
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #861)
- Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1891 (#940 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1928 at #165 (1,293 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1892–1971
- Highest: 1 in 892 girls born in 1928 were named Laverne (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 29.5% of all girls named Laverne (12,642) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #842 (1885) | #1,015 |
| 1890s | 174 | #606 (1899) | #793 |
| 1900s | 581 | #364 (1909) | #458 |
| 1910s | 5,039 | #198 (1919) | #263 |
| 1920s | 12,642 | #165 (1928) | #174 |
| 1930s | 8,189 | #176 (1931) | #216 |
| 1940s | 5,861 | #259 (1940) | #291 |
| 1950s | 5,772 | #316 (1951) | #359 |
| 1960s | 3,271 | #437 (1960) | #563 |
| 1970s | 958 | #840 (1970) | #1,326 |
| 1980s | 252 | #2,220 (1982) | #3,754 |
| 1990s | 99 | #5,060 (1990) | #8,796 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,784 (2003) | #15,784 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 9 | #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 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 912 of them was named Laverne, which outranked 97.1% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 2,783 of them was named Laverne, which outranked 94.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.