Lavona

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1934 · 52 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,796
since 1902

Lavona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lavona has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #955, 1934girls
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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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rankbirths
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2018#15,6825
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1995#8,7669
1994#13,4305
1993#11,7806
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1988#8,3918
1987—
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1985#7,5638
1984#8,1537
1983—
1982#7,4698
1981#7,4098
1980#7,4188
1979#8,0617
1978#8,5626
1977—
1976#9,2845
1975#5,51610
1974#5,7769
1973#8,4235
1972#5,10910
1971#7,3886
1970#4,76111
1969#3,31817
1968#7,0165
1967#2,86819
1966#3,95911
1965—
1964#3,00018
1963#2,61922
1962#3,59213
1961#4,5469
1960#3,51213
1959#4,03110
1958#3,23214
1957#2,34723
1956#2,92916
1955#2,28023
1954#2,51919
1953#2,69916
1952#2,92114
1951#1,92126
1950#2,53516
1949#2,51416
1948#1,66931
1947#2,20020
1946#1,97022
1945#2,06017
1944#2,02718
1943#1,75124
1942#1,91720
1941#1,61024
1940#1,31332
1939#1,17938
1938#1,25034
1937#1,04846
1936#1,24533
1935#99548
1934#95552
1933#95751
1932#1,07044
1931#1,06044
1930#1,03151
1929#1,11943
1928#1,16343
1927#1,12746
1926#1,58927
1925#1,25239
1924#1,17045
1923#1,35034
1922#1,40333
1921#1,16843
1920#1,08747
1919#1,48128
1918#1,15342
1917#1,21935
1916#1,29831
1915#1,17334
1914#1,54118
1913#1,76612
1912#1,42115
1911#2,1916
1910#2,3985
1909#1,21912
1908#1,5478
1907#1,6397
1906#1,5537
1905#1,5387
1904#1,8775
1903#1,3188
1902#1,5946
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five girls were named Lavona! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lavona is popular in 1902

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lavona
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 113 spots in 1933 (#1,070 → #957)
  • Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1936 (#995 → #1,245)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1934 at #955 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1933–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,763
  • Highest: 1 in 19,763 girls born in 1933 were named Lavona (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #955 in 1934, was only 1 in 20,081 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Lavona (441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s60#1,219 (1909)#1,536
1910s226#1,153 (1918)#1,564
1920s400#1,087 (1920)#1,243
1930s441#955 (1934)#1,079
1940s224#1,313 (1940)#1,903
1950s177#1,921 (1951)#2,741
1960s127#2,619 (1963)#3,826
1970s69#4,761 (1970)#6,987
1980s47#7,409 (1981)#7,734
1990s20#8,766 (1995)#11,325
2000s0——
2010s5#15,682 (2018)#15,682

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.

Lavona in 1902

girls
#1,594
6 births · 1 in 44,012 girls

Top girls' names in 1902

  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
  7. #7Florence3,509
  8. #8Marie3,424
  9. #9Ethel3,295
  10. #10Alice3,135
  11. #1,594Lavona6
More about 1902

girls

264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 44,012 of them was named Lavona, which outranked 21.9% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lavona
  1. #1,438Willma7
  2. #1,438Zeta7
  3. #1,438Zoa7
  4. #1,594Lavona6
  5. #1,594Adalene6
  6. #1,594Adriana6
  7. #1,594Agusta6
  8. #1,793Achsah5
  9. #1,793Adena5
  10. #1,793Ader5

Tied with 198 names at #1,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,031Lolita#1,679 → #648
  2. ↑ 861Cathleen#1,679 → #818
  3. ↑ 743Maple#1,679 → #936
  4. ↑ 743Margarite#1,679 → #936
  5. ↑ 707Mignon#1,679 → #972
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,046Veva#747 → #1,793
  2. ↓ 847Janette#747 → #1,594
  3. ↓ 832Laurine#961 → #1,793
  4. ↓ 676Aura#918 → #1,594
  5. ↓ 667Electa#771 → #1,438

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

See the top 100 for 1902 →