Lavonia

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778

Peak · girls
1880 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,901
since 1880

Lavonia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lavonia has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #836, 1880girls
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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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1994#11,7786
1993—
1992#13,3175
1991#11,5096
1990—
1989#6,95511
1988#5,32115
1987#7,3539
1986#7,1349
1985#6,9559
1984#6,29110
1983#7,3128
1982#4,34717
1981#5,57112
1980#5,24513
1979#4,62615
1978#3,92418
1977#5,53211
1976#3,81217
1975#2,96924
1974#3,55818
1973#2,62927
1972#2,22234
1971#2,29634
1970#2,52229
1969#2,58526
1968#2,78921
1967#2,96318
1966#2,45324
1965#2,74420
1964#3,10817
1963#2,61922
1962#2,66821
1961#2,75220
1960#2,72920
1959#2,98016
1958#2,75518
1957#2,72718
1956#2,10327
1955#2,83916
1954#2,77916
1953#2,59517
1952#2,58117
1951#1,80529
1950#1,91125
1949#2,13421
1948#1,54836
1947#1,75230
1946#1,80825
1945#2,23715
1944#2,02718
1943#1,70325
1942#1,98119
1941#1,61024
1940#1,74521
1939#1,32731
1938#1,28832
1937#1,45126
1936#1,20635
1935#2,00616
1934#1,44026
1933#1,28931
1932#1,59723
1931#1,45926
1930#1,53526
1929#1,64223
1928#1,54127
1927#1,58727
1926#1,88321
1925#1,44332
1924#1,53330
1923#1,28337
1922#1,50830
1921#1,62527
1920#1,31235
1919#1,56526
1918#1,36032
1917#1,37729
1916#1,80519
1915#1,36727
1914#1,48019
1913#1,30819
1912#2,1448
1911#1,54510
1910#1,26713
1909#1,36910
1908#1,13513
1907#1,09213
1906#1,10112
1905#1,9315
1904#1,8775
1903#1,4407
1902#1,4387
1901#1,2278
1900#1,9325
1899#1,1818
1898#96313
1897#1,3856
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1893#1,4375
1892#1,2786
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1889#1,2795
1888#1,1366
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1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lavonia was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lavonia is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lavonia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
  • Biggest jump: 422 spots in 1898 (#1,385 → #963)
  • Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1899 (#963 → #1,181)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #836 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1898
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,199
  • Highest: 1 in 18,199 girls born in 1880 were named Lavonia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,626 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.2% of all girls named Lavonia (289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#836 (1880)#1,084
1890s38#963 (1898)#1,249
1900s85#1,092 (1907)#1,454
1910s202#1,267 (1910)#1,522
1920s289#1,283 (1923)#1,536
1930s272#1,206 (1936)#1,460
1940s234#1,548 (1948)#1,855
1950s199#1,805 (1951)#2,508
1960s209#2,453 (1966)#2,741
1970s227#2,222 (1972)#3,409
1980s113#4,347 (1982)#6,248
1990s17#11,509 (1991)#12,201

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.

Lavonia in 1898

girls
#963
13 births · 1 in 19,905 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #963Lavonia13
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 19,905 of them was named Lavonia, which outranked 51.2% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lavonia
  1. #920Verla14
  2. #920Versie14
  3. #920Veva14
  4. #963Lavonia13
  5. #963Alena13
  6. #963Alida13
  7. #963Alverta13
  8. #1,009Aggie12
  9. #1,009Altie12
  10. #1,009Antonette12

Tied with 45 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →