Lavante — boys' name
180 babies named Lavante in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
180 boys have been named Lavante since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2020.
- 180
- total births
- 1991–2020
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Lavante was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lavante in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lavante
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Lavante between 1991 and 2020, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lavante currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavante performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lavante shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lavante in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lavante 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 180 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.
Lavante at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lavante popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1991
- Peak year (1994)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
180 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 20 births in a single year.
Lavante by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 120 births that decade — 67% of Lavante's all-time total
Lavante decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lavante's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Lavante by state
Where Lavante concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 7 | 3.9% |
7 of 180 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 3.9% 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, 1991–2020 (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.