Girls' name · since 1961
Lavett
Lavett has 22 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lavett sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1961.
Lavett has 22 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1977.
- #44,828 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavett ranks #44,828 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #44,828 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lavett's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lavett splits its recorded history at 1969: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1961 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lavett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1977
- Peak year (1969)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Lavett by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (15 births, 68% of the file).
1960s was Lavett's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Lavett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 15 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Lavett's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1970s (7) -- 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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Similar record span (~16 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, 1961–1977 (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 Lavett 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.