Lavina vs Lavonne
American parents have registered 16,660 Lavonnes since 1880, against 6,781 Lavinas. But in 2025 it was Lavina that was commoner, 56 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lavina Lavonne
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Lavonne for 74 years and Lavina for 72 years. The lead changed hands 8 times.
Side by side
| Lavina | Lavonne | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 6,781 | 16,660 |
| Most in one year | 157 | 496 |
| Babies in 2025 | 56 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 2,600 | 8,000 |
| Median age today | 49 | 70 |
| Peak year | 1920 | 1935 |
| Best rank | 574th girls | 274th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,957th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1900 |
| Girls / boys | 6,781 / 0 | 16,443 / 217 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lavonnes alive today are over 70; half the Lavinas are over 49. That is 21 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Lavina South Dakota (9.2×), North Dakota (7.0×), Pennsylvania (5.7×)
- Lavonne South Dakota (19.7×), North Dakota (13.8×), Iowa (10.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lavina and Lavonne.