Lavetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lavetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,186 babies named Lavetta between 1913 and 1993, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lavetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lavetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Lavetta in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lavetta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,186 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.