Lavinia
#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,660since 1880
Lavinia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lavinia has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,276 | 80 |
| 2024 | #2,134 | 89 |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 |
| 2022 | #2,142 | 89 |
| 2021 | #2,533 | 69 |
| 2020 | #2,748 | 60 |
| 2019 | #2,632 | 66 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 67 |
| 2016 | #2,446 | 75 |
| 2015 | #2,773 | 63 |
| 2014 | #3,080 | 54 |
| 2013 | #2,508 | 71 |
| 2012 | #3,094 | 54 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #1,732 | 51 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,422 | 50 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,345 | 47 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 |
| 1934 | #1,190 | 36 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1931 | #1,010 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1929 | #922 | 60 |
| 1928 | #936 | 63 |
| 1927 | #893 | 70 |
| 1926 | #971 | 59 |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 |
| 1924 | #934 | 66 |
| 1923 | #774 | 89 |
| 1922 | #803 | 82 |
| 1921 | #757 | 93 |
| 1920 | #757 | 92 |
| 1919 | #778 | 82 |
| 1918 | #771 | 86 |
| 1917 | #797 | 75 |
| 1916 | #775 | 78 |
| 1915 | #802 | 67 |
| 1914 | #724 | 63 |
| 1913 | #776 | 46 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 |
| 1908 | #669 | 33 |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 |
| 1904 | #586 | 33 |
| 1903 | #666 | 25 |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 |
| 1900 | #524 | 41 |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 |
| 1898 | #520 | 36 |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 |
| 1894 | #487 | 34 |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 |
| 1891 | #497 | 27 |
| 1890 | #499 | 27 |
| 1889 | #421 | 33 |
| 1888 | #533 | 22 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 |
| 1886 | #360 | 35 |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 |
| 1883 | #423 | 20 |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lavinia was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1998, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.
Where Lavinia is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Maryland#279 · 1 in 2,983
- Virginia#318 · 1 in 3,194
- Pennsylvania#383 · 1 in 6,498
- South Carolina#389 · 1 in 4,122
- Alabama#433 · 1 in 4,392
Best ever in a state: #222 in Maryland, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #279 | 5 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Virginia | #318 | 9 | 1 in 3,194 |
| Pennsylvania | #383 | 15 | 1 in 6,498 |
| South Carolina | #389 | 6 | 1 in 4,122 |
| Alabama | #433 | 7 | 1 in 4,392 |
| Missouri | #491 | 5 | 1 in 6,132 |
| New York | #664 | 5 | 1 in 19,752 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 142 spots since 2024 (#2,134 → #2,276)
- 472 spots since 2020 (#2,748 → #2,276)
- 497 spots since 2015 (#2,773 → #2,276)
- Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1913 (#938 → #776)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1930 (#922 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #352 (21 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1880–1929
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,130
- Highest: 1 in 4,130 girls born in 1886 were named Lavinia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #352 in 1880, was only 1 in 4,333 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 13.1% of all girls named Lavinia (740) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 225 | #352 (1880) | #436 |
| 1890s | 300 | #442 (1892) | #528 |
| 1900s | 310 | #524 (1900) | #639 |
| 1910s | 578 | #724 (1914) | #805 |
| 1920s | 740 | #757 (1921) | #866 |
| 1930s | 382 | #1,010 (1931) | #1,181 |
| 1940s | 350 | #1,218 (1940) | #1,456 |
| 1950s | 362 | #1,422 (1954) | #1,741 |
| 1960s | 380 | #1,646 (1966) | #1,916 |
| 1970s | 350 | #1,732 (1973) | #2,363 |
| 1980s | 197 | #3,423 (1984) | #4,143 |
| 1990s | 171 | #4,650 (1991) | #5,634 |
| 2000s | 264 | #4,172 (2004) | #5,057 |
| 2010s | 586 | #2,446 (2016) | #2,990 |
| 2020s | 465 | #2,134 (2024) | #2,362 |
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.
Lavinia in 1920
girls
#757
92 births · 1 in 13,025 girls
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 13,025 of them was named Lavinia, which outranked 86.9% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).