Lavon
Lavon was last recorded in 2025, when 43 babies were given it; 11,359 Americans have been recorded with it between 1896 and 2025 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,170 Americans named Lavon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 28 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lavon?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #18,361, in 2011; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
201 babies in 1934, the peak
Lavon peaked in 1934, when 201 babies were given it (146 girls, #537 among girls’ names). The 43 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 43 | #2,909 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 36 | #3,310 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 42 | #2,980 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 66 | #2,208 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 64 | #2,206 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 46 | #2,710 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 52 | #2,539 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 58 | #2,317 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 46 | #2,698 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 49 | #2,576 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 58 | #2,288 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 46 | #2,645 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 66 | #2,057 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 71 | #1,998 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,361 | 50 | #2,492 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 50 | #2,494 | |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,932 | 84 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 79 | #1,855 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 64 | #2,130 | |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,820 | 85 | #1,677 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 67 | #1,897 | |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,635 | 60 | #2,009 |
| 2003 | under 5 | 45 | #2,376 | |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,971 | 47 | #2,235 |
| 2001 | under 5 | 47 | #2,201 | |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,554 | 61 | #1,790 |
| 1999 | under 5 | 39 | #2,316 | |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,679 | 58 | #1,752 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 43 | #2,077 | |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,575 | 51 | #1,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,202 | 43 | #1,969 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,222 | 63 | #1,504 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,811 | 72 | #1,347 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,450 | 61 | #1,493 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,279 | 52 | #1,619 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,178 | 76 | #1,269 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,361 | 60 | #1,412 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,098 | 55 | #1,409 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,975 | 50 | #1,449 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,499 | 60 | #1,249 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,789 | 65 | #1,162 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,085 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,198 | 45 | #1,412 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,056 | 43 | #1,472 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,193 | 69 | #1,099 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,037 | 73 | #1,060 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,286 | 59 | #1,186 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,654 | 57 | #1,181 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,876 | 49 | #1,279 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,232 | 37 | #1,485 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,587 | 26 | #1,863 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,786 | 37 | #1,431 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,720 | 32 | #1,531 |
| 1972 | 40 | #2,009 | 37 | #1,402 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,949 | 28 | #1,690 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,689 | 32 | #1,507 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,884 | 32 | #1,425 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,739 | 32 | #1,378 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,934 | 32 | #1,351 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,455 | 31 | #1,389 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,681 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1964 | 66 | #1,390 | 42 | #1,193 |
| 1963 | 58 | #1,470 | 33 | #1,368 |
| 1962 | 69 | #1,338 | 38 | #1,265 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,310 | 33 | #1,396 |
| 1960 | 80 | #1,224 | 46 | #1,157 |
| 1959 | 77 | #1,218 | 32 | #1,398 |
| 1958 | 79 | #1,199 | 33 | #1,356 |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,128 | 30 | #1,439 |
| 1956 | 80 | #1,165 | 43 | #1,162 |
| 1955 | 65 | #1,257 | 36 | #1,261 |
| 1954 | 65 | #1,235 | 31 | #1,371 |
| 1953 | 77 | #1,107 | 38 | #1,224 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,166 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,165 | 48 | #1,031 |
| 1950 | 89 | #951 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1949 | 62 | #1,159 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,020 | 40 | #1,134 |
| 1947 | 84 | #970 | 36 | #1,223 |
| 1946 | 76 | #957 | 38 | #1,136 |
| 1945 | 76 | #865 | 33 | #1,153 |
| 1944 | 79 | #859 | 34 | #1,146 |
| 1943 | 99 | #785 | 53 | #920 |
| 1942 | 105 | #735 | 33 | #1,223 |
| 1941 | 100 | #704 | 44 | #967 |
| 1940 | 101 | #695 | 42 | #1,000 |
| 1939 | 101 | #676 | 47 | #909 |
| 1938 | 113 | #645 | 42 | #985 |
| 1937 | 113 | #639 | 36 | #1,084 |
| 1936 | 134 | #565 | 51 | #855 |
| 1935 | 101 | #656 | 44 | #961 |
| 1934 | 146 | #537 | 55 | #848 |
| 1933 | 130 | #562 | 58 | #818 |
| 1932 | 139 | #554 | 53 | #882 |
| 1931 | 129 | #581 | 39 | #1,091 |
| 1930 | 132 | #603 | 55 | #904 |
| 1929 | 118 | #641 | 54 | #919 |
| 1928 | 141 | #595 | 38 | #1,156 |
| 1927 | 132 | #619 | 43 | #1,092 |
| 1926 | 148 | #583 | 44 | #1,057 |
| 1925 | 142 | #613 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1924 | 152 | #606 | 31 | #1,345 |
| 1923 | 141 | #622 | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1922 | 142 | #612 | 20 | #1,797 |
| 1921 | 98 | #740 | 36 | #1,215 |
| 1920 | 113 | #685 | 26 | #1,481 |
| 1919 | 92 | #730 | 30 | #1,305 |
| 1918 | 87 | #769 | 29 | #1,327 |
| 1917 | 79 | #780 | 23 | #1,508 |
| 1916 | 70 | #814 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 1915 | 93 | #687 | 25 | #1,358 |
| 1914 | 54 | #795 | 6 | #3,101 |
| 1913 | 53 | #716 | 8 | #2,178 |
| 1912 | 37 | #822 | 8 | #1,971 |
| 1911 | 26 | #846 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 20 | #987 | 5 | #1,737 |
| 1909 | 18 | #982 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 19 | #929 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 22 | #807 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 24 | #750 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 17 | #912 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 15 | #950 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,264 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 14 | #954 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,572 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,373 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,729 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,441 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,668 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,360 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lavon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,359 Americans recorded as Lavon, 55% are girls and 45% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Lavon every year since 1980. In 2025 it went to 43 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lavon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavon, and how old are they?
6,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 11,359 Americans ever recorded as Lavon. The median Lavon alive today is 49 years old; half are between 28 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 5,526 people named Lavon (2,786 women and girls, 2,740 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,688 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 702 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,130 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 974 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 667 |
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 Lavon born?
The states with the most babies named Lavon are Iowa, Indiana and California, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Iowa and Indiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 445 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Indiana | 407 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 309 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Utah | 307 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Illinois | 303 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 260 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 235 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Kansas | 222 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New York | 204 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 173 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Lavon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lavon is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Lavon 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 11,835 babies since 1880, Lavon is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 43 of their 43 babies (100%), again the most given.
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 Lavon
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 Lavon and names like it
- Compare Lavon and LavaunBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sLavon peaked in 1934.
- Iowa’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavon since 1910.
- The top names of 1934The year the most babies were named Lavon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lavon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.