Lavaeh — #8788 US girls' name
198 babies named Lavaeh in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Lavaeh was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Lavaeh in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lavaeh
The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Lavaeh between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lavaeh currently holds the #8788 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavaeh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lavaeh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lavaeh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lavaeh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 198 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lavaeh at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Lavaeh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2012)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #8788 among girls.
198 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 17 births in a single year.
Lavaeh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 119 births that decade — 60% of Lavaeh's all-time total
Lavaeh decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lavaeh's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Lavaeh by state
Where Lavaeh concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 198 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.