Lavonna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lavonna

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,980 babies named Lavonna between 1918 and 2023, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lavonna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavonna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lavonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lavonna in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lavonna 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 1,980 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.