first name
LAVON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,526 people named Lavon, 51.4% reported their origin as White, 40.6% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. 50.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lavon peaked in 1934, when 201 babies got the name.
At least 11,359 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.
Lavon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #912. The largest share of babies named Lavon, 25.2%, 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 Lavon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lavon has been most common in Utah (8.9×), Iowa (8×), and Kansas (5×), and least common in Georgia (0.31×).
4,164 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 Lavon
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lavon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lavon ranks #110,961 of 156,621, with 169 people. See Lavon as a last name
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