first name
LAVERN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,684 people named Lavern, 57.1% reported their origin as White, 37% as Black and 1.9% as two or more races. 51% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lavern peaked in 1924, when 435 babies got the name.
At least 17,081 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lavern by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #625. The largest share of babies named Lavern, 31.7%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lavern is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lavern has been most common in Nebraska (10×), Iowa (6.2×), and South Dakota (5.4×), and least common in California (0.16×).
10,540 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lavern
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lavern, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lavern ranks #134,631 of 156,621, with 130 people. See Lavern as a last name
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