Girls' name · since 1916
Lavana
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 119 babies named Lavana, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lavana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 119 have been recorded since 1916.
Lavana has 119 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2021.
- #25,222 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1916
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavana ranks #25,222 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1916, peaking in the 1950s.
- #25,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lavana's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lavana splits its recorded history at 1946: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lavana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2021
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Lavana by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (30 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Lavana's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lavana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s
1930s
19 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
30 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 30 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lavana's data
- Lavana's decade-level peak was the 1950s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lavana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1916–2021 (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 Lavana 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.