Lavere — boys' name
340 babies named Lavere in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Lavere was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Lavere in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lavere
The Social Security Administration has registered 340 babies named Lavere between 1909 and 1952, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lavere currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Lavere is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 94 additional births since 1910.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavere performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lavere shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lavere in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lavere 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 340 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.
Lavere at a glance
Last recorded 1952Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lavere popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1909
- Peak year (1921)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1952.
340 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 23 births in a single year.
Lavere popularity over time — girls
94 total births recorded since 1910 (Lavere as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Lavere accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lavere by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 144 births that decade — 42% of Lavere's all-time total
Lavere decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lavere's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Lavere by state
Where Lavere concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 2.9% |
10 of 340 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 2.9% 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, 1909–1952 (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.