Girls' name · since 1953
Lavinda
17 babies named Lavinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lavinda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1953.
Lavinda has 17 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1971.
- #47,900 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1953
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavinda ranks #47,900 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1953, peaking in the 1950s.
- #47,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1953
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lavinda's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lavinda's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lavinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1971
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Lavinda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Lavinda's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lavinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Lavinda's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1970s (6) -- 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 Lavinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1953–1971 (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 Lavinda 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.