Laveda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Laveda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,091 babies named Laveda between 1912 and 2011, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laveda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laveda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Laveda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Laveda in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laveda 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 1,091 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.