Girls' name · since 2006
Lavaya
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 178 babies named Lavaya, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,614 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
178 babies have been named Lavaya since 2006, making it today's #10614 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lavaya recorded 178 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #10614 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #21,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,614 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavaya ranks #21,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,614 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,614 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lavaya's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lavaya compares
178 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lavaya's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lavaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lavaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lavaya splits its recorded history at 2016: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lavaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Lavaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (101 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Lavaya's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Lavaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 101 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Lavaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Lavaya 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.