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Lavette

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Lavette is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196767 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1947
1,185people given the name
Babies named Lavette, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,185 girls have been named Lavette in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1967, with 67 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 67 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 35%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Lavette
1940s12
1950s77
1960s409
1970s375
1980s211
1990s89
2000s6
2010s6

In 1967, its biggest year

Lavette was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1967 were Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle, Mary and Susan. See all of 1967.

Names that rose and fell with Lavette

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.