Lavada
Lavada was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 4,489 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,520 Americans named Lavada and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 54 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavada by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lavada?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,624, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
111 babies in 1921, the peak
Lavada peaked in 1921, when 111 girls were given it, #705 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #16,624 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,559 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,924 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,380 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,973 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,051 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,500 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,714 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,466 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,705 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #18,631 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,015 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,654 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,633 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,677 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,359 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,256 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,377 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,201 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,212 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,775 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,850 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,779 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,143 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,837 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,805 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,651 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,629 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,800 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,227 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,140 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,815 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,086 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,774 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,702 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,574 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,713 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,341 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,837 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,483 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,960 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,333 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,596 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,380 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,226 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 34 | #2,006 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,975 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,843 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 32 | #2,001 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 31 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,667 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,748 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,155 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,326 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,369 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 60 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,211 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,172 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 51 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 57 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 71 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 66 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 61 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 83 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 74 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 96 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 69 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 70 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 82 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 104 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 65 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 83 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 69 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 77 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 75 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 79 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 92 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 87 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 94 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 77 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 83 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 79 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 111 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 105 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 91 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 83 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 93 | #726 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 73 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 76 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 56 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 37 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 43 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 29 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 29 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 24 | #837 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 31 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 39 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 31 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 21 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 29 | #648 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 18 | #826 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 22 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 16 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 20 | #847 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 19 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 26 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 15 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 21 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 17 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 10 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 13 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 13 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 9 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 9 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 9 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 10 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 9 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 5 | #890 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lavada a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lavada has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 128 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lavada: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavada, and how old are they?
1,520 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 4,489 Americans ever recorded as Lavada. The median Lavada alive today is 69 years old; half are between 54 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 1,660 people named Lavada (1,633 women and girls, 27 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,861 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 376 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 587 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 306 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 133 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 45 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 66 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lavada born?
The states with the most babies named Lavada are Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, with 61% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 437 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Oklahoma | 388 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| Arkansas | 219 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Alabama | 111 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 103 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 102 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Kentucky | 96 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 62 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 37 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 33 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lavada is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lavada is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 5.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lavada with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 5,756 babies since 1880, Lavada is the most given (78% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lavada
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lavada and names like it
- Compare Lavada and LavedaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLavada peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavada since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Lavada.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lavada alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.