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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lavona

Lavona was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 961st with 52 babies. More babies were named Lavona in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193452 babies
Total since 1880
1,796babies recorded

Lavona popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#7,8018
1970#4,92211
1960#3,59113
1950#2,61216
1940#1,33032
1930#1,03751
1920#1,09447
1910#2,6045
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Lavona, counting every spelling?

Lavona has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lavona?

About 600 people born in the US named Lavona are alive today, with a median age of 71; half are between 58 and 82. That makes Lavona a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Lavona by state

How common Lavona was among girls born in each state in 1932–1936, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (7.2×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesNE0.22Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesKS0.26Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesOK0.31Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lavona, girls, 1932–1936. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Lavona: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lavona, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Lavona

How popular is the name Lavona?

Lavona was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 961st with 52 babies. More babies were named Lavona in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Lavona a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,796 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Lavona most popular?

In 1932–1936, Lavona was most common in Oklahoma (0.31 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kansas and Nebraska.