Lavan

Boys' name

Form of Laban

Lavan has been given to 290 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Lavan, 2013

1 in 729,000

Lavan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lavan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Laban

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lavan means

Lavan is a form of Laban.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lavan is used in Biblical Hebrew.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lavan → Laban → Λάβαν → לָבָן. The family’s meaning is “rectangle (any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles)”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements לָבָן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laban.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 285 boys were recorded with the name Lavan between 1918 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1977; its best national rank was #2,703 in 1948.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Lavan between 1926 and 1926. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1926; its best national rank was #5,270 in 1926.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lavan?

Lavan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,645,938 births
Among boys only: 1 in 378,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2013: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,435 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lavan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lavan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lavans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lavan was born before 1964 — so the typical Lavan is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 17.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 18.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 220; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 17.2% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Lavan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1977 (10)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,703; 1948

Spellings of Lavan

Lavan is not the most common spelling — Logan is, with 22.0% against Lavan's 0.02%.

Logan22.0%387,999
Alan20.6%363,313
Evan16.3%287,701
Gavin10.7%189,270
Ivan8.5%150,137
Lamar1.9%33,967
Adan1.8%31,478
Van1.7%29,432

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lavan around the world

Where Lavan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2002–2025
#4,275
in 2025
France
2000–2000
#3,525
in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Lavan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,703; 1948
Peak year: 1977; 10 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 285
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,270; 1926
Peak year: 1926; 5 that year
First recorded: 1926
Last recorded: 1926
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lavan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lavin Lavi Lavie Livan Sevan Rivan Jevan Nivan Lavoy Lavel Laval Jivan Vivan Suvan Pavan Lavar Levan Eivan Duvan Lavere Giovan Shivan Kavan Gavan

Sibling names for Lavan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jason Kevin Sommer Tamar Salina Jamila Corrie Shanta

For a brother

Torrey Tory Aric Rodrick Delvin Andrea Cedrick Jamey

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