Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lavar

#3,061 most common boys' name of all time · #7,422 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#3,061
Rank overall
#7,422 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
2,086
Since 2016
80
Peak year
1977 #486
Best rank
#486 1977
Girls Boys peak 279/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lavar first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 7 #9,799
2022 5 5 #12,485
2021 9 9 #8,241
2020 10 10 #7,580
2019 8 8 #8,978
2018 15 15 #5,802
2017 10 10 #7,618
2016 16 16 #5,598
2015 11 11 #7,115
2014 16 16 #5,506
2013 7 7 #9,780
2012 19 19 #4,887
2011 19 19 #4,838
2010 15 15 #5,785
2009 18 18 #5,134
2008 29 29 #3,662
2007 31 31 #3,459
2006 34 34 #3,165
2005 25 25 #3,725
2004 33 33 #3,027
2003 37 37 #2,690
2002 34 34 #2,773
2001 30 30 #3,005
2000 31 31 #2,878
1999 29 29 #2,885
1998 27 27 #2,942
1997 22 22 #3,279
1996 20 20 #3,434
1995 16 16 #3,894
1994 19 19 #3,497
1993 16 16 #3,858
1992 19 19 #3,376
1991 23 23 #2,855
1990 32 32 #2,232
1989 42 42 #1,809
1988 38 38 #1,801
1987 63 63 #1,223
1986 41 41 #1,600
1985 51 51 #1,360
1984 49 49 #1,357
1983 40 40 #1,525
1982 61 61 #1,182
1981 78 78 #1,032
1980 5 111 116 #838
1979 147 147 #711
1978 6 174 180 #632
1977 279 279 #486
1976 5 5 #5,800
1966 5 5 #4,199
1965 5 5 #4,129
1958 6 6 #3,761
1953 5 5 #4,084
1952 7 7 #3,261
1947 5 5 #4,046
1944 7 7 #3,045
1939 7 7 #3,049
1937 6 6 #3,426
1936 8 8 #2,818
1935 9 9 #2,691
1934 7 7 #3,202
1933 10 10 #2,522
1932 10 10 #2,625
1931 14 14 #2,090
1930 11 11 #2,589
1929 8 8 #3,196
1928 7 7 #3,599
1927 5 5 #4,516
1925 6 6 #4,024
1924 7 7 #3,763
1923 7 7 #3,729
1922 10 10 #2,990
1921 8 8 #3,456
1918 6 6 #4,030
1917 7 7 #3,476
1916 6 6 #3,792
1915 5 5 #4,269