Girls' name · since 1938
Lavae
73 babies named Lavae in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1938
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lavae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 73 recorded since 1938.
Social Security Administration records show Lavae recorded 73 times among girls since 1938, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2024.
- #30,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1938
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavae ranks #30,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1938, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1938
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lavae's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lavae's full recorded timeline at 2017, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lavae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Lavae by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Lavae's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Lavae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Lavae's decade-level peak was the 2010s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~86 yrs)
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, 1938–2024 (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 Lavae 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.