Girls' name · since 1915
Lavida
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 176 babies named Lavida, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
176 girls have been named Lavida since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lavida has 176 recorded births among girls since 1915, 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 1915 to 1989.
- #21,127 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 176 born since 1915
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavida ranks #21,127 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1915, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lavida's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lavida splits its recorded history at 1960: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lavida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1989
- Peak year (1970)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Lavida by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (39 births, 22% of the file).
1960s was Lavida's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Lavida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
28 births
- 1930s
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 39 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lavida's data
- Lavida's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 1980s (33) -- 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 Lavida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1915–1989 (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 Lavida 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.