Lavender — #997 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lavender

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,098 babies named Lavender between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lavender currently holds the #997 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 258 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavender performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 960 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lavender shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 203 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Lavender in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lavender 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 2,098 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.