Luverne
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Luverne has been given to 1,914 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 65 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% boys, 44% girls all-time.
Babies named Luverne, 1956
1 in 687,000
Luverne over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Luverne over time
In 1959, Luverne went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Luverne?
Luverne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1956, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1956
- 1 in 687,000
- 6 of 4,122,003 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 352,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1956
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 476,194 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Luverne sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1956 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 476,194 children born in 1956 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Luverne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Luvernes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Luverne was born before 1927 — so the typical Luverne is around 98 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 42.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 32.3%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 37
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 42.5% of all recorded uses (454).
Is Luverne 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
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- 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 (65)
- Years since peak
- 101
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 21.4% average annual change
Spellings of Luverne
Luverne is not the most common spelling — Laverne is, with 38.9% against Luverne'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 Luverne is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Luverne was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 12,480 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Minnesota1 in 6,250
- 2South Dakota1 in 6,250
- 3Iowa1 in 14,286
- 4Wisconsin1 in —
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. Luverne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Luverne is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Luverne was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 32,209 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Minnesota1 in 10,000
- 2North Dakota1 in 20,000
- 3Alabama1 in 100,000
- 4Iowa1 in —
- 5Wisconsin1 in —
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. Luverne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Luverne by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Luverne
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Luverne
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.