Lavra

Girls' name

Form of Laura

Lavra has been given to 140 babies in the U.S. since 1956. 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 1982, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Lavra, 1990

1 in 658,000

Lavra over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lavra: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Laura

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lavra means

Lavra is a form of Laura.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lavra is used in Slovene.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lavra → Laura. The family’s meaning is “laurel tree”, recorded in English with the source elements laurus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laura.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Lavra is pronounced /láːʋra/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 140 girls were recorded with the name Lavra between 1956 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1982; its best national rank was #5,381 in 1982.

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.

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How common is Lavra?

Lavra had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990: 1 in 658,000; 6 of 3,949,959 births
Among girls only: 1 in 316,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1990: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 456,318 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lavra 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 1990 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 456,318 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lavra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lavras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lavra was born before 1982 — so the typical Lavra is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 60.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 140; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 60.0% of all recorded uses (84).

Is Lavra 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 1982 (13)
Years since peak: 43; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,381; 1982

Spellings of Lavra

Lavra is not the most common spelling — Laura is, with 27.5% against Lavra's <0.01%.

Laura27.5%801,811
Sara15.0%436,193
Ava11.8%344,097
Clara10.3%300,524
Tara6.0%175,812
Layla4.4%129,136
Kara3.5%101,743
Lana2.0%57,434

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.

Lavra 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: #5,381; 1982
Peak year: 1982; 13 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 1990
All-time count: 140
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lavra

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

Lavaya Lavaeh Lavie Lavin Laveya Laveyah Lavayah Lavae Lavene Laveah Lavanya Lavana Lavine Lavida Lavere Laverda Lavora Lavonn Lavell Lavoris Lavilla Lavena Lavaun Lavren

Sibling names for Lavra

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

Eboni Shamika Afton Tanesha Christopher Kandi Matthew Fawn

For a brother

Jamaal Donnell Jerrod Chauncey Jerod Dusty Marques Wilfredo

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