Girls' name · since 1927
Lavetra
16 babies named Lavetra in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1927
- 1970s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Lavetra since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lavetra recorded 16 times among girls since 1927, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1979.
- #48,903 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1927
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavetra ranks #48,903 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1927, peaking in the 1970s.
- #48,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1927
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lavetra's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavetra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lavetra splits its recorded history at 1943: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lavetra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Lavetra by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Lavetra's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Lavetra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavetra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1927–1979 (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 Lavetra 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.