Lavon
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to girls 55.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 146 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,246since 1896
Lavon 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 | — | #2,884 | 43 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,952 | 42 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,191 | 66 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,193 | 64 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,689 | 46 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,525 | 52 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,300 | 58 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,672 | 46 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,551 | 49 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,276 | 58 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,622 | 46 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,044 | 66 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,983 | 71 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #2,478 | 50 |
| 2010 | — | #2,467 | 50 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,789 | 84 |
| 2008 | — | #1,838 | 79 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,117 | 64 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,669 | 85 |
| 2005 | — | #1,889 | 67 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,989 | 60 |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #2,224 | 47 |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,782 | 61 |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,495 | 63 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #1,340 | 72 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,490 | 61 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | #1,615 | 52 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #1,411 | 60 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #1,404 | 55 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | #1,242 | 60 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #1,158 | 65 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #1,251 | 54 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #1,095 | 69 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | #1,055 | 73 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #1,177 | 59 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | #1,177 | 57 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,714 | 52 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #1,681 | 55 | #1,494 | 32 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #1,340 | 32 |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 | #1,189 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,214 | 77 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #1,196 | 79 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,160 | 80 | #1,157 | 43 |
| 1955 | #1,253 | 65 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 | #1,361 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,160 | 65 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #948 | 89 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1947 | #969 | 84 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 | #1,124 | 38 |
| 1945 | #863 | 76 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #855 | 79 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #783 | 99 | #917 | 53 |
| 1942 | #734 | 105 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #702 | 100 | #960 | 44 |
| 1940 | #693 | 101 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | #674 | 101 | #904 | 47 |
| 1938 | #644 | 113 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #639 | 113 | #1,074 | 36 |
| 1936 | #564 | 134 | #853 | 51 |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 | #956 | 44 |
| 1934 | #536 | 146 | #845 | 55 |
| 1933 | #562 | 130 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #552 | 139 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #581 | 129 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #600 | 132 | #892 | 55 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 | #914 | 54 |
| 1928 | #594 | 141 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1927 | #619 | 132 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #582 | 148 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1925 | #612 | 142 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #604 | 152 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #620 | 141 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #609 | 142 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #737 | 98 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #685 | 113 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #728 | 92 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #766 | 87 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #775 | 79 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #810 | 70 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #685 | 93 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | — | |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lavon! It came in at #1,292, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lavon is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#117 · 1 in 428
- Iowa#202 · 1 in 1,369
- Minnesota#270 · 1 in 2,374
- Kansas#274 · 1 in 1,933
- Wisconsin#308 · 1 in 3,258
Best ever in a state: #71 in Utah, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #117 | 11 | 1 in 428 |
| Iowa | #202 | 15 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Minnesota | #270 | 9 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Kansas | #274 | 8 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Wisconsin | #308 | 7 | 1 in 3,258 |
| Indiana | #391 | 5 | 1 in 4,851 |
| Illinois | #564 | 6 | 1 in 9,492 |
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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 Lavon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 530 spots in 1902 (#1,466 → #936)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1903 (#936 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1934 at #536 (146 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1904–1947
- Highest: 1 in 7,152 girls born in 1934 were named Lavon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 21.2% of all girls named Lavon (1,327) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1976, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 24 | #1,292 (1896) | #1,456 |
| 1900s | 153 | #742 (1906) | #1,017 |
| 1910s | 611 | #685 (1915) | #789 |
| 1920s | 1,327 | #582 (1926) | #630 |
| 1930s | 1,238 | #536 (1934) | #601 |
| 1940s | 856 | #693 (1940) | #872 |
| 1950s | 751 | #948 (1950) | #1,154 |
| 1960s | 575 | #1,220 (1960) | #1,534 |
| 1970s | 361 | #1,681 (1970) | #2,449 |
| 1980s | 219 | #3,002 (1980) | #4,041 |
| 1990s | 99 | #4,208 (1991) | #7,804 |
| 2000s | 27 | #11,801 (2000) | #15,559 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
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.
Lavon in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 12,284 of them was named Lavon, which outranked 86.9% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 32,671 of them was named Lavon, which outranked 73.0% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,264Waverly31
- #1,264Willian31
- #1,264Winifred31
- #1,297Lavon30
- #1,297Alger30
- #1,297Beecher30
- #1,297Buddie30
- #1,321Akira29
- #1,321Aldon29
- #1,321Anson29
Tied with 23 names at #1,297; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.