Girls' name · since 1925
Lavanna
69 babies named Lavanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1925
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lavanna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 69 recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavanna has been recorded 69 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2016.
- #31,300 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1925
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavanna ranks #31,300 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1925, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1925
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lavanna's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lavanna's full recorded timeline at 1993, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lavanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2016
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 92 years of records
Lavanna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Lavanna's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Lavanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (29% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~91 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, 1925–2016 (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 Lavanna 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.