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.

Lavette

#6,272 most common girls' name of all time · #10,595 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1911–2016

Rank among girls
#6,272
Rank overall
#10,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,190
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1967 #1,341
Best rank
#1,341 1967
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
19201940196019802000

Lavette first appears in 1911. 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
2016 6 — 6 #14,455
2002 6 — 6 #13,705
1999 8 — 8 #10,424
1998 6 — 6 #12,531
1996 8 — 8 #9,661
1995 11 — 11 #7,584
1993 10 — 10 #8,135
1992 14 — 14 #6,372
1991 15 — 15 #5,993
1990 17 — 17 #5,331
1989 20 — 20 #4,541
1988 20 — 20 #4,339
1987 20 — 20 #4,148
1986 20 — 20 #4,058
1985 18 — 18 #4,313
1984 14 — 14 #5,004
1983 19 — 19 #3,993
1982 23 — 23 #3,546
1981 27 — 27 #3,167
1980 30 — 30 #2,954
1979 24 — 24 #3,353
1978 20 — 20 #3,664
1977 38 — 38 #2,349
1976 24 — 24 #3,026
1975 29 — 29 #2,632
1974 33 — 33 #2,358
1973 33 — 33 #2,321
1972 52 — 52 #1,706
1971 55 — 55 #1,672
1970 67 — 67 #1,494
1969 48 — 48 #1,767
1968 44 — 44 #1,788
1967 67 — 67 #1,341
1966 35 — 35 #1,960
1965 62 — 62 #1,401
1964 49 — 49 #1,645
1963 37 — 37 #1,931
1962 25 — 25 #2,431
1961 19 — 19 #2,875
1960 23 — 23 #2,540
1959 25 — 25 #2,310
1958 15 — 15 #3,141
1957 11 — 11 #3,784
1956 11 — 11 #3,771
1955 5 — 5 #6,077
1954 5 — 5 #5,954
1952 5 — 5 #5,773
1948 5 — 5 #5,460
1947 7 — 7 #4,471
1911 — 5 5 —