Lavina
Lavina was given to 56 girls in 2025, #2,978 among girls’ names; 6,781 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,570 Americans named Lavina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 20 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lavina?
#2,978 among girls’ names, 2025
Lavina rose from #3,890 in 2015 to #2,978 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 21.8 to 34.8 per million.
157 babies in 1920, the peak
Lavina peaked in 1920, when 157 girls were given it, #574 among girls’ names. The 56 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,978 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,337 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,504 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,077 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,199 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,826 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,222 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,249 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,038 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,925 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #3,890 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,609 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,213 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,555 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,254 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,858 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,472 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,868 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,816 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,638 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,537 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,664 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,172 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,334 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,822 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,240 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,129 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,260 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,749 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,954 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,458 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,763 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,573 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,780 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,816 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,402 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,068 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,241 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,973 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,119 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,372 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,572 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,883 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,055 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,298 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,369 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,117 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,540 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,693 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,413 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,644 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,324 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,961 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,556 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,788 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,420 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,085 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,919 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,298 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,129 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,573 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,133 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,967 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,798 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,095 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,169 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,579 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,591 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,608 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,805 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,395 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,031 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 52 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 58 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 56 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 74 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 73 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 83 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 71 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 86 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 90 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 87 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 89 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 95 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 98 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 108 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 94 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 104 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 104 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 130 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 116 | #685 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 126 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 141 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 157 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 113 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 133 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 149 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 113 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 127 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 96 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 76 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 85 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 63 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 52 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 44 | #584 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 49 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 43 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 39 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 46 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 40 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 39 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 38 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1901 | 34 | #526 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 52 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 47 | #426 | 0.20 |
| 1898 | 46 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 34 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 32 | #530 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 33 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 33 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 42 | #418 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 30 | #498 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 31 | #467 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 33 | #455 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 29 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 38 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 18 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 28 | #410 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 33 | #349 | 0.25 |
| 1884 | 20 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 26 | #361 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 26 | #351 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 18 | #401 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 9 | #610 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lavina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lavina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lavina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavina, and how old are they?
2,570 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 6,781 Americans ever recorded as Lavina. The median Lavina alive today is 50 years old; half are between 20 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,697 people named Lavina (2,687 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,721 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 327 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 597 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 458 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 329 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 390 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 457 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lavina born?
The states with the most babies named Lavina are Pennsylvania, California and Michigan, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 701 | #1,319 | 1.7× |
| California | 208 | #2,399 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 189 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 188 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kansas | 136 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 114 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Iowa | 112 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Minnesota | 105 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 78 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 74 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Lavina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lavina is most over-represented in Kansas: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lavina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 22,322 babies since 1880, Lavina is the most given (30% of them). In 2025 it was given to 56 of their 141 babies (40%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lavina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lavina and names like it
- Compare Lavina and LaviniaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLavina peaked in 1920.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavina since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Lavina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lavina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.