Lavern
Lavern was the 4097th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 347th with 290 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 543 places. More babies were named Lavern in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,097 boys, down 118 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1924290 babies
- Total since 1880
- 17,081babies recorded
Lavern popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #4,097 | — | 26 |
| 2020 | — | #3,979 | — | 26 |
| 2010 | — | #3,594 | — | 30 |
| 2000 | — | #3,384 | — | 25 |
| 1990 | #5,990 | #2,666 | 15 | 25 |
| 1980 | #4,638 | #2,410 | 16 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,611 | #1,362 | 59 | 38 |
| 1960 | #870 | #786 | 142 | 95 |
| 1950 | #1,004 | #609 | 83 | 127 |
| 1940 | #777 | #440 | 83 | 174 |
| 1930 | #613 | #349 | 128 | 262 |
| 1920 | #627 | #388 | 131 | 236 |
| 1910 | #1,093 | #742 | 17 | 17 |
| 1900 | #1,656 | #1,245 | 7 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | #998 | — | 5 |
How popular is Lavern, counting every spelling?
Lavern is the most common spelling of a name family that had 26 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 26 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavern | 26 | #4,097 | 149 |
| Laverne | — | — | 33 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lavern?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lavern (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lavern born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lavern.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lavern?
About 3,200 people born in the US named Lavern are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 36 and 77. That makes Lavern a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lavern by state
How common Lavern was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wisconsin (10.3×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lavern: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lavern, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lavern
How popular is the name Lavern?
Lavern was the 4097th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 347th with 290 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 543 places. More babies were named Lavern in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Lavern a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Lavern in the US.
Where is Lavern most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lavern was most common in Wisconsin (0.18 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio.