Laverne
Laverne was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,538 among girls’ names; 56,124 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,600 Americans named Laverne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 64 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Laverne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Laverne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Laverne is “a female given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “the green” (means).
19th-century invention, possibly from the Californian town La Verne, named in the belief that it means “the green” in French. Laverne is a genuine French surname, from Gaulish la verne “the alder (tree place)” but - as in the case of Leroy - there is no apparent reason to turn it into an American given name.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Laverne?
#10,538 among girls’ names, 2025
Laverne entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #10,538 in 2025.
1,785 babies in 1924, the peak
Laverne peaked in 1924, when 1,785 babies were given it (1,383 girls, #169 among girls’ names). The 9 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,538 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 9 | #8,701 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 13 | #6,739 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #13,519 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 6 | #11,564 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 9 | #8,454 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 7 | #10,375 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 6 | #11,576 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 10 | #7,814 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 9 | #8,520 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,255 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 5 | #13,398 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 8 | #9,317 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 5 | #13,654 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 6 | #11,956 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 5 | #13,193 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 9 | #8,043 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 7 | #9,534 | |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,220 | 5 | #11,990 |
| 2002 | under 5 | 8 | #8,132 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 5 | #11,613 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 9 | #7,167 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 11 | #5,881 | |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,678 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,076 | 8 | #6,997 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,789 | 7 | #7,630 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,645 | 7 | #7,456 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,897 | 10 | #5,713 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,866 | 5 | #9,574 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,173 | 8 | #6,447 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,815 | 5 | #9,024 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,177 | 10 | #5,219 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,766 | 8 | #5,970 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,575 | 8 | #5,498 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,779 | 10 | #4,430 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,094 | 8 | #5,130 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,926 | 14 | #3,318 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,284 | 9 | #4,405 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,106 | 9 | #4,344 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,236 | 10 | #4,109 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,591 | 13 | #3,330 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,912 | 22 | #2,330 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,288 | 16 | #2,850 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,904 | 18 | #2,528 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,391 | 20 | #2,321 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,257 | 23 | #2,088 |
| 1975 | 79 | #1,360 | 18 | #2,408 |
| 1974 | 86 | #1,264 | 30 | #1,640 |
| 1973 | 101 | #1,113 | 25 | #1,802 |
| 1972 | 113 | #1,034 | 29 | #1,622 |
| 1971 | 154 | #874 | 25 | #1,808 |
| 1970 | 161 | #841 | 40 | #1,323 |
| 1969 | 163 | #808 | 46 | #1,160 |
| 1968 | 219 | #657 | 44 | #1,138 |
| 1967 | 216 | #653 | 43 | #1,143 |
| 1966 | 282 | #567 | 50 | #1,039 |
| 1965 | 291 | #558 | 50 | #1,049 |
| 1964 | 338 | #535 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1963 | 403 | #481 | 66 | #926 |
| 1962 | 410 | #479 | 61 | #978 |
| 1961 | 451 | #460 | 70 | #912 |
| 1960 | 498 | #438 | 79 | #858 |
| 1959 | 538 | #406 | 71 | #911 |
| 1958 | 526 | #404 | 60 | #986 |
| 1957 | 601 | #370 | 85 | #820 |
| 1956 | 594 | #358 | 85 | #812 |
| 1955 | 653 | #333 | 101 | #726 |
| 1954 | 511 | #380 | 107 | #701 |
| 1953 | 536 | #366 | 111 | #680 |
| 1952 | 588 | #339 | 106 | #674 |
| 1951 | 622 | #316 | 123 | #637 |
| 1950 | 603 | #316 | 120 | #628 |
| 1949 | 605 | #317 | 112 | #645 |
| 1948 | 661 | #297 | 148 | #549 |
| 1947 | 603 | #316 | 177 | #507 |
| 1946 | 609 | #295 | 170 | #496 |
| 1945 | 598 | #284 | 159 | #473 |
| 1944 | 517 | #295 | 192 | #441 |
| 1943 | 536 | #300 | 212 | #428 |
| 1942 | 588 | #281 | 220 | #414 |
| 1941 | 565 | #269 | 241 | #373 |
| 1940 | 579 | #259 | 231 | #377 |
| 1939 | 615 | #253 | 199 | #404 |
| 1938 | 639 | #252 | 285 | #330 |
| 1937 | 692 | #235 | 305 | #304 |
| 1936 | 711 | #230 | 276 | #326 |
| 1935 | 785 | #217 | 300 | #314 |
| 1934 | 820 | #217 | 323 | #302 |
| 1933 | 862 | #202 | 299 | #311 |
| 1932 | 927 | #199 | 366 | #285 |
| 1931 | 1,042 | #176 | 395 | #278 |
| 1930 | 1,096 | #178 | 402 | #283 |
| 1929 | 1,194 | #170 | 368 | #291 |
| 1928 | 1,293 | #165 | 428 | #275 |
| 1927 | 1,333 | #166 | 421 | #274 |
| 1926 | 1,327 | #169 | 399 | #287 |
| 1925 | 1,335 | #170 | 401 | #285 |
| 1924 | 1,383 | #169 | 402 | #288 |
| 1923 | 1,306 | #172 | 414 | #278 |
| 1922 | 1,214 | #181 | 414 | #277 |
| 1921 | 1,163 | #185 | 405 | #276 |
| 1920 | 1,094 | #188 | 375 | #289 |
| 1919 | 944 | #198 | 337 | #294 |
| 1918 | 965 | #199 | 343 | #299 |
| 1917 | 762 | #222 | 275 | #328 |
| 1916 | 642 | #245 | 243 | #344 |
| 1915 | 564 | #250 | 231 | #353 |
| 1914 | 379 | #266 | 162 | #371 |
| 1913 | 288 | #277 | 119 | #390 |
| 1912 | 225 | #299 | 79 | #443 |
| 1911 | 136 | #340 | 45 | #434 |
| 1910 | 134 | #340 | 26 | #562 |
| 1909 | 100 | #365 | 25 | #526 |
| 1908 | 91 | #379 | 23 | #531 |
| 1907 | 58 | #468 | 25 | #468 |
| 1906 | 73 | #402 | 16 | #604 |
| 1905 | 53 | #468 | 24 | #457 |
| 1904 | 47 | #481 | 14 | #633 |
| 1903 | 41 | #500 | 10 | #758 |
| 1902 | 37 | #531 | 12 | #671 |
| 1901 | 42 | #460 | 8 | #816 |
| 1900 | 39 | #549 | 11 | #820 |
| 1899 | 26 | #612 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 26 | #644 | 10 | #723 |
| 1897 | 24 | #635 | 8 | #827 |
| 1896 | 26 | #615 | 9 | #802 |
| 1895 | 20 | #712 | 6 | #1,034 |
| 1894 | 15 | #804 | 6 | #1,024 |
| 1893 | 10 | #995 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 12 | #880 | 6 | #1,026 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,276 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 9 | #980 | 7 | #849 |
| 1889 | 8 | #992 | 7 | #851 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,383 | 7 | #876 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,041 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 7 | #879 | 6 | #884 |
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 Laverne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 56,124 Americans recorded as Laverne, 76% are girls and 24% boys. In 2025 it went to 9 girls; SSA lists no boys 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 Laverne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Laverne, and how old are they?
16,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 56,124 Americans ever recorded as Laverne. The median Laverne alive today is 73 years old; half are between 64 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 19,866 people named Laverne (16,463 women and girls, 3,403 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,733 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,320 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,110 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,410 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 431 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 107 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 87 |
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 Laverne born?
The states with the most babies named Laverne are Illinois, Wisconsin and Texas, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 6,724 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Wisconsin | 4,062 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Texas | 3,160 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,952 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 2,706 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 2,396 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New York | 2,275 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 2,215 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,892 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 1,855 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Laverne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Laverne is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 3.0 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 girls’ 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 Laverne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 59,857 babies since 1880, Laverne is the most given (94% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Laverne
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 Laverne and names like it
- Compare Laverne and LavernaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLaverne peaked in 1924.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Laverne since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Laverne: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Laverne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Laverne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.