Lavinia
Lavinia was given to 80 girls in 2025, #2,290 among girls’ names; 5,660 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,900 Americans named Lavinia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (51% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 10 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavinia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lavinia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lavinia is “a female given name from Latin used since the 17th century. It was fairly popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but rare today.”
Latin Lavinia, of obscure meaning. Lavinium was a town in ancient Latium.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lavinia?
#2,290 among girls’ names, 2025
Lavinia rose from #2,795 in 2015 to #2,290 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 35.3 to 49.8 per million.
93 babies in 1921, the peak
Lavinia peaked in 1921, when 93 girls were given it, #759 among girls’ names. The 80 births of 2025 are 86% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,290 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,147 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,349 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 89 | #2,151 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,546 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,765 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,641 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,768 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,624 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,453 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 63 | #2,795 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,098 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,521 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,119 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,878 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,260 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,428 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,215 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,261 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,833 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,775 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,230 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,939 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,188 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,289 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,357 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,130 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,556 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,537 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,233 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,333 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,870 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,450 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,162 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,727 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,785 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,167 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,472 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,925 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,120 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,673 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,469 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,753 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,829 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,087 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,780 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,769 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,603 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,960 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,231 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,385 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,370 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,745 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,157 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,403 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,286 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,945 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,147 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,799 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,658 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,822 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,820 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,851 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,966 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,389 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,969 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,048 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,816 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,192 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,729 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,485 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,971 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,327 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,449 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,223 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 47 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 60 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 63 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 70 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 59 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 66 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 66 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 89 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 82 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 93 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 92 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 82 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 86 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 75 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 78 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 67 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 63 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 46 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 29 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 24 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 28 | #823 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 33 | #698 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 33 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 32 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 26 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 24 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 33 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 25 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 34 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 29 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 41 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 25 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 36 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 26 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 29 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 32 | #526 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 34 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 27 | #540 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 37 | #445 | 0.17 |
| 1891 | 27 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 27 | #503 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 33 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 22 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 20 | #503 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 35 | #362 | 0.24 |
| 1885 | 22 | #452 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 20 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 20 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1882 | 18 | #439 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 14 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 21 | #360 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lavinia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lavinia 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 Lavinia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavinia, and how old are they?
2,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 51% of the 5,660 Americans ever recorded as Lavinia. The median Lavinia alive today is 35 years old; half are between 10 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 3,248 people named Lavinia (3,245 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,685 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 179 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 291 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 436 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 917 |
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 Lavinia born?
The states with the most babies named Lavinia are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 227 | #2,947 | 0.6× |
| New York | 211 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 192 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 122 | #1,123 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 105 | #595 | 0.8× |
| South Carolina | 99 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Maryland | 59 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 53 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 46 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Florida | 42 | #2,340 | 0.3× |
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 Lavinia 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 21,293 babies since 1880, Lavinia is the second most given (27% of them). In 2025 it was given to 80 of their 151 babies (53%), the 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 Lavinia
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 Lavinia and names like it
- Compare Lavinia and LavinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLavinia peaked in 1921.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavinia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lavinia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Lavinia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lavinia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.