Girls' name · since 1925
Lavesta
10 babies named Lavesta in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #55,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lavesta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1925.
Lavesta has 10 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1936.
- #55,826 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavesta ranks #55,826 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #55,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lavesta's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavesta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lavesta splits its recorded history at 1936: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births).
Lavesta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1936
- Peak year (1925)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Lavesta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1920s was Lavesta's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lavesta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lavesta's data
- Lavesta's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavesta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1925–1936 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lavesta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.