Lavonia
Lavonia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 885th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192337 births
- Best rank
- #885in 1880
- Since 1880
- 1,901people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,901 girls have been named Lavonia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 37 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 37 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lavonia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | |
| 1890s | 38 | |
| 1900s | 85 | |
| 1910s | 202 | |
| 1920s | 289 | |
| 1930s | 272 | |
| 1940s | 234 | |
| 1950s | 199 | |
| 1960s | 209 | |
| 1970s | 227 | |
| 1980s | 113 | |
| 1990s | 17 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Lavonia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Lavonia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeannettepeak 1917
- Alethapeak 1923
- Lenorepeak 1926
- Lavadapeak 1921
- Genniepeak 1928
- Trevapeak 1962
- Norinepeak 1920
- Irmapeak 1920
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.