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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |