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.

Lavern**

#887 most common boys' name of all time · #2,034 across all names · 60% male / 40% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#887
Rank overall
#2,034 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
17,081
Since 2016
263
Peak year
1924 #347
Best rank
#347 1924
Girls Boys peak 435/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lavern is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 26 26 #4,052
2024 26 26 #4,078
2023 35 35 #3,349
2022 32 32 #3,541
2021 30 30 #3,653
2020 26 26 #3,924
2019 24 24 #4,236
2018 19 19 #4,926
2017 20 20 #4,754
2016 25 25 #4,104
2015 21 21 #4,552
2014 25 25 #4,020
2013 25 25 #3,967
2012 17 17 #5,264
2011 21 21 #4,515
2010 30 30 #3,540
2009 28 28 #3,727
2008 24 24 #4,152
2007 23 23 #4,247
2006 7 24 31 #4,005
2005 22 22 #4,068
2004 21 21 #4,138
2003 21 21 #3,982
2002 26 26 #3,357
2001 22 22 #3,730
2000 25 25 #3,303
1999 17 17 #4,178
1998 12 12 #5,168
1997 6 10 16 #5,661
1996 21 21 #3,297
1995 19 19 #3,439
1994 5 12 17 #4,825
1993 7 23 30 #2,952
1992 8 18 26 #3,467
1991 12 15 27 #3,825
1990 15 25 40 #2,633
1989 11 19 30 #3,108
1988 16 20 36 #2,773
1987 10 21 31 #2,568
1986 15 25 40 #2,237
1985 8 17 25 #2,842
1984 12 20 32 #2,443
1983 14 15 29 #2,928
1982 10 17 27 #2,726
1981 14 25 39 #2,096
1980 16 21 37 #2,374
1979 15 19 34 #2,477
1978 6 13 19 #3,076
1977 27 21 48 #2,215
1976 23 29 52 #1,753
1975 31 22 53 #2,073
1974 32 32 64 #1,557
1973 28 33 61 #1,489
1972 33 36 69 #1,427
1971 45 38 83 #1,387
1970 59 38 97 #1,357
1969 43 48 91 #1,127
1968 57 48 105 #1,074
1967 70 49 119 #1,047
1966 66 61 127 #932
1965 72 54 126 #1,004
1964 97 53 150 #1,039
1963 113 56 169 #1,015
1962 108 66 174 #933
1961 116 72 188 #904
1960 142 95 237 #786
1959 162 68 230 #931
1958 161 81 242 #838
1957 186 90 276 #789
1956 161 99 260 #737
1955 176 109 285 #702
1954 140 84 224 #780
1953 102 103 205 #700
1952 132 113 245 #651
1951 95 86 181 #753
1950 83 127 210 #608
1949 93 120 213 #622
1948 112 127 239 #600
1947 122 126 248 #608
1946 113 128 241 #568
1945 112 120 232 #546
1944 94 130 224 #532
1943 80 148 228 #512
1942 104 151 255 #499
1941 95 155 250 #474
1940 83 174 257 #441
1939 73 170 243 #437
1938 98 189 287 #413
1937 87 203 290 #387
1936 94 174 268 #423
1935 112 209 321 #378
1934 105 248 353 #350
1933 105 227 332 #361
1932 120 245 365 #353
1931 104 251 355 #348
1930 128 262 390 #350
1929 118 252 370 #354
1928 125 264 389 #353
1927 142 274 416 #354
1926 143 245 388 #373
1925 127 256 383 #372
1924 145 290 435 #347
1923 131 287 418 #348
1922 119 271 390 #363
1921 140 253 393 #381
1920 131 236 367 #388
1919 112 219 331 #397
1918 128 190 318 #425
1917 100 154 254 #458
1916 64 143 207 #480
1915 68 135 203 #479
1914 53 87 140 #532
1913 34 67 101 #525
1912 18 54 72 #549
1911 24 24 48 #636
1910 17 17 34 #745
1909 14 16 30 #699
1908 15 10 25 #913
1907 8 9 17 #963
1906 8 8 #968
1905 8 13 21 #691
1904 8 7 15 #1,004
1903 6 6
1902 9 5 14 #1,195
1901 8 8
1900 7 6 13 #1,214
1899 6 6 #993
1898 8 8
1897 9 5 14 #1,123
1896 5 5 #1,161
1893 5 5
1892 7 7 #915
1888 6 6 #969
1880 5 5 #1,002