Girls' name · since 1915
Lafern
Lafern has 274 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,696 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 274
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lafern sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 274 recorded since 1915.
Lafern has 274 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1963.
- #16,696 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 274 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lafern ranks #16,696 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 274 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,696 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 274
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lafern's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lafern's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lafern splits its recorded history at 1931: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lafern popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1963
- Peak year (1926)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Lafern by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (113 births, 41% of the file).
1920s was Lafern's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Lafern births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 36
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
113 births
- 1930s
1930s
85 births
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 113 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Lafern's decade-level peak was the 1920s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~1926)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lafern draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.