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.

Lavon**

#1,498 most common girls' name of all time · #2,593 across all names · 45% male / 55% female · used 1896–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,498
Rank overall
#2,593 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
11,359
Since 2016
502
Peak year
1934 #539
Best rank
#539 1934
Girls Boys peak 201/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lavon first appears in 1896. 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 43 43
2024 36 36
2023 42 42
2022 66 66
2021 64 64
2020 46 46
2019 52 52
2018 58 58
2017 46 46
2016 49 49
2015 58 58
2014 46 46
2013 66 66
2012 71 71
2011 5 50 55 #16,864
2010 50 50
2009 5 84 89 #17,398
2008 79 79
2007 64 64
2006 5 85 90 #17,267
2005 67 67
2004 5 60 65 #16,199
2003 45 45
2002 5 47 52 #15,526
2001 47 47
2000 7 61 68 #11,874
1999 39 39
1998 8 58 66 #10,180
1997 43 43
1996 14 51 65 #6,422
1995 7 43 50 #10,582
1994 7 63 70 #10,644
1993 11 72 83 #7,553
1992 10 61 71 #8,103
1991 24 52 76 #4,226
1990 18 76 94 #5,075
1989 13 60 73 #6,189
1988 13 55 68 #5,930
1987 16 50 66 #4,892
1986 25 60 85 #3,475
1985 22 65 87 #3,742
1984 19 54 73 #4,023
1983 26 45 71 #3,165
1982 29 43 72 #3,033
1981 27 69 96 #3,158
1980 29 73 102 #3,018
1979 25 59 84 #3,253
1978 32 57 89 #2,636
1977 28 49 77 #2,848
1976 38 37 75 #2,218
1975 30 26 56 #2,574
1974 17 37 54 #3,724
1973 52 32 84 #1,716
1972 40 37 77 #1,996
1971 44 28 72 #1,940
1970 55 32 87 #1,685
1969 44 32 76 #1,876
1968 46 32 78 #1,735
1967 37 32 69 #1,932
1966 58 31 89 #1,453
1965 45 27 72 #1,677
1964 66 42 108 #1,387
1963 58 33 91 #1,467
1962 69 38 107 #1,336
1961 72 33 105 #1,314
1960 80 46 126 #1,223
1959 77 32 109 #1,216
1958 79 33 112 #1,199
1957 87 30 117 #1,131
1956 80 43 123 #1,162
1955 65 36 101 #1,255
1954 65 31 96 #1,232
1953 77 38 115 #1,106
1952 67 27 94 #1,165
1951 65 48 113 #1,165
1950 89 47 136 #954
1949 62 35 97 #1,159
1948 74 40 114 #1,022
1947 84 36 120 #972
1946 76 38 114 #955
1945 76 33 109 #866
1944 79 34 113 #858
1943 99 53 152 #784
1942 105 33 138 #736
1941 100 44 144 #704
1940 101 42 143 #696
1939 101 47 148 #677
1938 113 42 155 #644
1937 113 36 149 #639
1936 134 51 185 #565
1935 101 44 145 #659
1934 146 55 201 #539
1933 130 58 188 #562
1932 139 53 192 #556
1931 129 39 168 #583
1930 132 55 187 #603
1929 118 54 172 #642
1928 141 38 179 #596
1927 132 43 175 #622
1926 148 44 192 #583
1925 142 43 185 #615
1924 152 31 183 #609
1923 141 38 179 #621
1922 142 20 162 #614
1921 98 36 134 #740
1920 113 26 139 #686
1919 92 30 122 #734
1918 87 29 116 #769
1917 79 23 102 #782
1916 70 19 89 #816
1915 93 25 118 #688
1914 54 6 60 #797
1913 53 8 61 #718
1912 37 8 45 #831
1911 26 26 #848
1910 20 5 25 #992
1909 18 18 #986
1908 19 19 #938
1907 22 22 #817
1906 24 24 #763
1905 17 17 #925
1904 15 15 #963
1903 9 9 #1,302
1902 14 14 #969
1901 6 6 #1,633
1900 9 9 #1,422
1899 5 5 #1,775
1898 7 7 #1,486
1897 5 5 #1,745
1896 7 7 #1,410