Lavonia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lavonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,901 babies named Lavonia between 1880 and 1994, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lavonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavonia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 289 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lavonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Lavonia in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lavonia 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 1,901 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.