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Lavern

#4,096 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly the green, through Laverne

Lavern has been given to 17,081 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #4,096 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1924, with 290 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Lavern, 2025

1 in 128,000

Lavern over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lavern over time

In 2025, Lavern went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lavern: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly the green, through Laverne

surname transfer

What Lavern means

Lavern belongs to the name family reached through Lavern → Laverne. Its meaning is “the green”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lavern is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Lavern is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laverne.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,236 boys were recorded with the name Lavern between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 290 in 1924; its best national rank was #347 in 1924.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,976 in 2020 to #4,096 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,638 in 2015 to #4,096 in 2025.

In the United States, 6,845 girls were recorded with the name Lavern between 1893 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 186 in 1957; its best national rank was #594 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 Lavern?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 65,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,096
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lavern 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 2025 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 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lavern. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laverns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lavern was born before 1935 — so the typical Lavern is around 90 today.

Median birth year
1935
About 90 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
25.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,853
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1920s — 25.7% of all recorded uses (2,628).

Is Lavern 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
+52
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−120
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+542
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.24×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.0%
Peak was 1924 (290)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#347
1924

Spellings of Lavern

Lavern is not the most common spelling — Avery is, with 44.3% against Lavern's 6.8%.

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.

Where Lavern is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lavern was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 1,724 boys, against 1 in 18,419 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

058 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Nebraska1 in 1,724
  2. 2Iowa1 in 2,703
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 3,030
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 3,448
  5. 5North Dakota1 in 3,846
  6. 6Kansas1 in 6,250
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 6,667
  8. 8Michigan1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lavern has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lavern is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lavern was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 37,768 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

020 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in 5,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 10,000
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in 10,000
  4. 4Missouri1 in 14,286
  5. 5Georgia1 in 16,667
  6. 6North Dakota1 in 20,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 20,000
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lavern has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lavern by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,096
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 120
Best rank ever
#347
1924
Peak year
1924
290 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,236
Count in 2025
26

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#594
1926
Peak year
1957
186 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
6,845
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lavern

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

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Names with a curve like Lavern

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lavern, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Lavern

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

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