Lavona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lavona

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,791 babies named Lavona between 1902 and 1995, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lavona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavona performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 441 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lavona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 128 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kansas and Nebraska. In total, SSA state-level files list Lavona in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lavona in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,791 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.