Lavonda
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 126 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,586since 1921
Lavonda over time
Rank among girls' names. Lavonda has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
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| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 |
| 1989 | #2,250 | 53 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 |
| 1984 | #1,657 | 66 |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 |
| 1981 | #1,632 | 71 |
| 1980 | #1,528 | 77 |
| 1979 | #1,555 | 74 |
| 1978 | #1,569 | 69 |
| 1977 | #1,761 | 58 |
| 1976 | #1,384 | 77 |
| 1975 | #1,278 | 87 |
| 1974 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 |
| 1972 | #1,133 | 97 |
| 1971 | #1,125 | 104 |
| 1970 | #1,080 | 111 |
| 1969 | #1,024 | 113 |
| 1968 | #920 | 126 |
| 1967 | #1,081 | 93 |
| 1966 | #1,081 | 94 |
| 1965 | #922 | 120 |
| 1964 | #1,112 | 97 |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 |
| 1959 | #1,348 | 63 |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,533 | 48 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,172 | 68 |
| 1952 | #1,560 | 38 |
| 1951 | #1,450 | 42 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lavonda! It came in at #3,666, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lavonda is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#330 · 1 in 2,316
- Tennessee#460 · 1 in 4,526
- Kentucky#550 · 1 in 6,378
- Missouri#633 · 1 in 8,860
- Florida#771 · 1 in 10,013
Best ever in a state: #292 in Oklahoma, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #330 | 9 | 1 in 2,316 |
| Tennessee | #460 | 8 | 1 in 4,526 |
| Kentucky | #550 | 5 | 1 in 6,378 |
| Missouri | #633 | 5 | 1 in 8,860 |
| Florida | #771 | 5 | 1 in 10,013 |
| Texas | #963 | 9 | 1 in 12,418 |
| Ohio | #970 | 5 | 1 in 20,848 |
| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
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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 Lavonda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 190 spots in 1965 (#1,112 → #922)
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1966 (#922 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1968 at #920 (126 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1965–1968
- Highest: 1 in 13,019 girls born in 1968 were named Lavonda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 26.7% of all girls named Lavonda (958) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 69 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,599 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,547 (1938) | #1,965 |
| 1940s | 254 | #1,423 (1943) | #1,755 |
| 1950s | 480 | #1,172 (1953) | #1,483 |
| 1960s | 958 | #920 (1968) | #1,109 |
| 1970s | 865 | #1,080 (1970) | #1,325 |
| 1980s | 574 | #1,528 (1980) | #1,975 |
| 1990s | 181 | #2,799 (1990) | #6,419 |
| 2000s | 29 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,826 |
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.
Lavonda in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 26,559 of them was named Lavonda, which outranked 83.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,260Paris77
- #1,260Star77
- #1,260Venessa77
- #1,268Lavonda76
- #1,268Alta76
- #1,268Andria76
- #1,268Carma76
- #1,279Awilda75
- #1,279Cheryll75
- #1,279Erlinda75
Tied with 10 names at #1,268; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.