Lavender
#4,056 most common girls' name of all time · #6,919 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2025
Rank among girls
#4,056
Rank overall
#6,919 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,323
Since 2016
1,572
Peak year
2024 #991
Best rank
#991 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 261/yr
Lavender first appears in 1962. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 220 | — | 220 | #1,095 |
| 2024 | 261 | — | 261 | #991 |
| 2023 | 204 | — | 204 | #1,177 |
| 2022 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,262 |
| 2021 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,394 |
| 2020 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,430 |
| 2019 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,785 |
| 2018 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,958 |
| 2017 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,207 |
| 2016 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,259 |
| 2015 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,865 |
| 2014 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,343 |
| 2013 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,332 |
| 2012 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,145 |
| 2011 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,178 |
| 2010 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,646 |
| 2009 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,134 |
| 2008 | 29 | — | 29 | #5,057 |
| 2007 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,726 |
| 2006 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,024 |
| 2005 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,301 |
| 2004 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,987 |
| 2003 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,872 |
| 2002 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,120 |
| 2001 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,970 |
| 2000 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,208 |
| 1999 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,242 |
| 1998 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,706 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,301 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,024 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,942 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,197 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,554 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,051 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,397 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,893 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,828 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,223 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,010 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,893 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,051 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,599 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,466 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,955 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,410 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,846 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,515 |