Lavern
Lavern was given to 26 boys in 2025, #4,096 among boys’ names; 17,081 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,340 Americans named Lavern and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 55 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavern by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lavern mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lavern is “a unisex given name transferred from the surname.”
Variant of Laverne.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lavern?
#4,096 among boys’ names, 2025
Lavern rose from #4,638 in 2015 to #4,096 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 11.0 to 15.2 per million.
435 babies in 1924, the peak
Lavern peaked in 1924, when 435 babies were given it (290 boys, #347 among boys’ names). The 26 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 26 | #4,096 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 26 | #4,148 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 35 | #3,388 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 32 | #3,579 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 30 | #3,700 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 26 | #3,976 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 24 | #4,286 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 19 | #5,026 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 20 | #4,852 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 25 | #4,156 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 21 | #4,638 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 25 | #4,080 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 25 | #4,017 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 17 | #5,394 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 21 | #4,594 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 30 | #3,593 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 28 | #3,780 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 24 | #4,209 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 23 | #4,306 | |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,447 | 24 | #4,055 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 22 | #4,134 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 21 | #4,196 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 21 | #4,058 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 26 | #3,409 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 22 | #3,792 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 25 | #3,378 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 17 | #4,253 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 12 | #5,337 | |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,025 | 10 | #5,907 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 21 | #3,348 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 19 | #3,505 | |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,710 | 12 | #4,982 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,240 | 23 | #2,983 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,017 | 18 | #3,541 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,202 | 15 | #3,932 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,984 | 25 | #2,661 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,238 | 19 | #3,158 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,194 | 20 | #2,811 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,092 | 21 | #2,604 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,093 | 25 | #2,260 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,965 | 17 | #2,895 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,713 | 20 | #2,496 |
| 1983 | 14 | #5,019 | 15 | #3,011 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,630 | 17 | #2,775 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,115 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,637 | 21 | #2,409 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,748 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,175 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,959 | 21 | #2,243 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,141 | 29 | #1,769 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,542 | 22 | #2,098 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,416 | 32 | #1,566 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,600 | 33 | #1,493 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,295 | 36 | #1,431 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,923 | 38 | #1,390 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,611 | 38 | #1,361 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,907 | 48 | #1,132 |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,513 | 48 | #1,077 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,310 | 49 | #1,055 |
| 1966 | 66 | #1,340 | 61 | #936 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,267 | 54 | #1,009 |
| 1964 | 97 | #1,113 | 53 | #1,041 |
| 1963 | 113 | #1,003 | 56 | #1,013 |
| 1962 | 108 | #1,040 | 66 | #933 |
| 1961 | 116 | #1,008 | 72 | #908 |
| 1960 | 142 | #870 | 95 | #785 |
| 1959 | 162 | #806 | 68 | #934 |
| 1958 | 161 | #791 | 81 | #841 |
| 1957 | 186 | #734 | 90 | #789 |
| 1956 | 161 | #775 | 99 | #738 |
| 1955 | 176 | #712 | 109 | #701 |
| 1954 | 140 | #794 | 84 | #778 |
| 1953 | 102 | #937 | 103 | #699 |
| 1952 | 132 | #782 | 113 | #651 |
| 1951 | 95 | #954 | 86 | #756 |
| 1950 | 83 | #1,003 | 127 | #608 |
| 1949 | 93 | #920 | 120 | #621 |
| 1948 | 112 | #823 | 127 | #599 |
| 1947 | 122 | #783 | 126 | #608 |
| 1946 | 113 | #773 | 128 | #568 |
| 1945 | 112 | #704 | 120 | #547 |
| 1944 | 94 | #788 | 130 | #534 |
| 1943 | 80 | #875 | 148 | #510 |
| 1942 | 104 | #739 | 151 | #498 |
| 1941 | 95 | #726 | 155 | #474 |
| 1940 | 83 | #777 | 174 | #440 |
| 1939 | 73 | #806 | 170 | #436 |
| 1938 | 98 | #697 | 189 | #412 |
| 1937 | 87 | #725 | 203 | #386 |
| 1936 | 94 | #692 | 174 | #423 |
| 1935 | 112 | #616 | 209 | #377 |
| 1934 | 105 | #654 | 248 | #350 |
| 1933 | 105 | #643 | 227 | #361 |
| 1932 | 120 | #599 | 245 | #353 |
| 1931 | 104 | #651 | 251 | #348 |
| 1930 | 128 | #613 | 262 | #349 |
| 1929 | 118 | #640 | 252 | #353 |
| 1928 | 125 | #631 | 264 | #352 |
| 1927 | 142 | #597 | 274 | #354 |
| 1926 | 143 | #594 | 245 | #373 |
| 1925 | 127 | #655 | 256 | #371 |
| 1924 | 145 | #624 | 290 | #347 |
| 1923 | 131 | #645 | 287 | #348 |
| 1922 | 119 | #669 | 271 | #363 |
| 1921 | 140 | #621 | 253 | #381 |
| 1920 | 131 | #627 | 236 | #388 |
| 1919 | 112 | #662 | 219 | #397 |
| 1918 | 128 | #625 | 190 | #424 |
| 1917 | 100 | #688 | 154 | #458 |
| 1916 | 64 | #853 | 143 | #480 |
| 1915 | 68 | #801 | 135 | #478 |
| 1914 | 53 | #798 | 87 | #531 |
| 1913 | 34 | #918 | 67 | #528 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,275 | 54 | #547 |
| 1911 | 24 | #889 | 24 | #636 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,093 | 17 | #742 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,127 | 16 | #697 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,064 | 10 | #920 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,574 | 9 | #965 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 8 | #969 | |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,483 | 13 | #686 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,426 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,697 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,269 | 5 | #1,234 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,277 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,655 | 6 | #1,244 |
| 1899 | under 5 | 6 | #994 | |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,320 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,125 | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,188 | |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,537 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #911 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 6 | #993 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #998 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lavern a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 17,081 Americans recorded as Lavern, 40% are girls and 60% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Lavern every year since 1954. In 2025 it went to 26 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lavern: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavern, and how old are they?
6,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 17,081 Americans ever recorded as Lavern. The median Lavern alive today is 68 years old; half are between 55 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 6,684 people named Lavern (3,276 women and girls, 3,408 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,551 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,090 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,030 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,060 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 448 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 350 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 332 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lavern born?
The states with the most babies named Lavern are Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin and Iowa are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 1,139 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Michigan | 942 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Iowa | 873 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Nebraska | 797 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Illinois | 765 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 574 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Texas | 545 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 415 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 390 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Arkansas | 381 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Lavern is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lavern is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lavern with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lavern
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lavern and names like it
- Compare Lavern and BurnellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLavern peaked in 1924.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavern since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Lavern: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Lavern.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lavern alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.