Girls' name · since 1921
Lavanda
441 babies named Lavanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 441
- born since 1921
- 1970s
- peak decade
441 girls have been named Lavanda since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lavanda has 441 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1993.
- #12,757 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 441 born since 1921
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavanda ranks #12,757 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 441 born since 1921, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 441
- born since 1921
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lavanda's 441 recorded births place it above 82.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lavanda's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lavanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1993
- Peak year (1972)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Lavanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (96 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Lavanda's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Lavanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 35
1930s
35 births
- 1940s
1940s
49 births
- 1950s
1950s
79 births
- 1960s
1960s
89 births
- 1970s
1970s
96 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 96 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lavanda's data
- Lavanda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- 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 Lavanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1921–1993 (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 Lavanda 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.