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Lavon

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Lavon has been given to 11,359 babies in the U.S. since 1896. 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 1924, with 152 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% girls, 45% boys all-time.

Babies named Lavon, 2011

1 in 732,000

Lavon over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lavon over time

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

18962025

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.

Lavon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lavon means

Lavon is a given name.

The naming story behind Lavon

Wikidata records Lavon as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q99397921, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,246 girls were recorded with the name Lavon between 1896 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 152 in 1924; its best national rank was #537 in 1934.

In the United States, 5,113 boys were recorded with the name Lavon between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 85 in 2006; its best national rank was #818 in 1933.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,710 in 2020 to #2,909 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,288 in 2015 to #2,909 in 2025.

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.

How common is Lavon?

Lavon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011
1 in 732,000
5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only
1 in 352,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
507,099 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lavon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 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 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lavon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lavons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lavon was born before 1937 — so the typical Lavon is around 88 today.

Median birth year
1937
About 88 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
21.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
2.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,037
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1920s — 21.2% of all recorded uses (1,327).

Is Lavon 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
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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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1924 (152)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#537
1934

Spellings of Lavon

Lavon is not the most common spelling — Raven is, with 22.0% against Lavon's 3.1%.

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 Lavon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lavon was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 43,423 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

024 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,167
  2. 2Iowa1 in 4,762
  3. 3Kansas1 in 7,692
  4. 4Nebraska1 in 9,091
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 12,500
  6. 6South Dakota1 in 12,500
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 14,286
  8. 8North Dakota1 in 16,667

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. Lavon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lavon is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Lavon was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 46,452 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in 14,286
  2. 2Michigan1 in 16,667
  3. 3Indiana1 in 20,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 33,333
  5. 5Illinois1 in 50,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 50,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 50,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

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.

Lavon around the world

Where Lavon 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.

  • Canada
    2012–2012
    #2,715
    in 2012

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Lavon by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#537
1934
Peak year
1924
152 that year
First recorded
1896
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
6,246
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,909
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 199
Best rank ever
#818
1933
Peak year
2006
85 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,113
Count in 2025
43

Names similar to Lavon

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

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Names with a curve like Lavon

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

CharlinePearlineGermaineChristeneDelmaVernellVeldaGeorgeMargarettDeanHerminiaLavada

Sibling names for Lavon

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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