Meaning not yet researched.
Lavon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 43 in 2025. Its best rank was #818 in 1933.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #818 in 1933; #2,910 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lavon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,910 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1933, at #818.
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Lavon: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 43 boys in 2025. Peak: #818 in 1933 · most boys in one year: 85 (2006).
In 2025, 43 US boys were named Lavon, making it the 2,910th most common boys’ name of the year, up 402 places from #3,312 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 36 boys named Lavon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #818, reached in 1933. The most boys given the name in a single year was 85, in 2006. For comparison, it was #2,289 in 2015 and #1,033 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Lavon in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #537, reached in 1934. The most girls given the name in a single year was 152, in 1924. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #952 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lavon in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1896 with 7 babies. In all, 11,359 US babies have been given the name, 55% of them girls and 45% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 1,718 babies named Lavon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 502 US boys were named Lavon; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 66. In 2025 that was about 1 in 39,723 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lavon ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #879 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lavonne (16,660 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lavaun, Lavan and Lavin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lavaun (383), Lavan (290), Lavin (183), Laven (22), Laveon (17), Laevyn (12), Lavion (11), Layvin (5), Laveen (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lavon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 8 | #879 | #1,178 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 43 | #2,910 |
| 2024 | — | — | 36 | #3,312 |
| 2023 | — | — | 42 | #2,981 |
| 2022 | — | — | 66 | #2,209 |
| 2021 | — | — | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2020 | — | — | 46 | #2,711 |
| 2019 | — | — | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2018 | — | — | 58 | #2,318 |
| 2017 | — | — | 46 | #2,699 |
| 2016 | — | — | 49 | #2,577 |
| 2015 | — | — | 58 | #2,289 |
| 2014 | — | — | 46 | #2,647 |
| 2013 | — | — | 66 | #2,058 |
| 2012 | — | — | 71 | #1,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,369 | 50 | #2,493 |
| 2010 | — | — | 50 | #2,495 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,938 | 84 | #1,793 |
| 2008 | — | — | 79 | #1,855 |
| 2007 | — | — | 64 | #2,130 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,826 | 85 | #1,677 |
| 2005 | — | — | 67 | #1,901 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,642 | 60 | #2,013 |
| 2003 | — | — | 45 | #2,380 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,977 | 47 | #2,239 |
| 2001 | — | — | 47 | #2,205 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,562 | 61 | #1,794 |
| 1999 | — | — | 39 | #2,319 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,686 | 58 | #1,755 |
| 1997 | — | — | 43 | #2,080 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,580 | 51 | #1,805 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,207 | 43 | #1,974 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,228 | 63 | #1,509 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,817 | 72 | #1,352 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,457 | 61 | #1,498 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,285 | 52 | #1,625 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,183 | 76 | #1,274 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,367 | 60 | #1,417 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,103 | 55 | #1,414 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,980 | 50 | #1,451 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,501 | 60 | #1,250 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,790 | 65 | #1,163 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,086 | 54 | #1,259 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,199 | 45 | #1,413 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,057 | 43 | #1,473 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,193 | 69 | #1,099 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,037 | 73 | #1,060 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,286 | 59 | #1,186 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,654 | 57 | #1,181 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,877 | 49 | #1,279 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,232 | 37 | #1,486 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,587 | 26 | #1,864 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,787 | 37 | #1,431 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,720 | 32 | #1,531 |
| 1972 | 40 | #2,009 | 37 | #1,402 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,949 | 28 | #1,691 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,689 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,884 | 32 | #1,425 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,739 | 32 | #1,378 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,934 | 32 | #1,352 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,455 | 31 | #1,390 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,681 | 27 | #1,499 |
| 1964 | 66 | #1,390 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1963 | 58 | #1,470 | 33 | #1,369 |
| 1962 | 69 | #1,338 | 38 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,311 | 33 | #1,397 |
| 1960 | 80 | #1,225 | 46 | #1,158 |
| 1959 | 77 | #1,219 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1958 | 79 | #1,200 | 33 | #1,357 |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,129 | 30 | #1,440 |
| 1956 | 80 | #1,166 | 43 | #1,163 |
| 1955 | 65 | #1,258 | 36 | #1,262 |
| 1954 | 65 | #1,236 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1953 | 77 | #1,108 | 38 | #1,225 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,167 | 27 | #1,478 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,166 | 48 | #1,032 |
| 1950 | 89 | #952 | 47 | #1,033 |
| 1949 | 62 | #1,160 | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1948 | 74 | #1,021 | 40 | #1,135 |
| 1947 | 84 | #971 | 36 | #1,224 |
| 1946 | 76 | #958 | 38 | #1,137 |
| 1945 | 76 | #865 | 33 | #1,154 |
| 1944 | 79 | #859 | 34 | #1,146 |
| 1943 | 99 | #785 | 53 | #920 |
| 1942 | 105 | #735 | 33 | #1,223 |
| 1941 | 100 | #704 | 44 | #967 |
| 1940 | 101 | #695 | 42 | #1,000 |
| 1939 | 101 | #676 | 47 | #909 |
| 1938 | 113 | #645 | 42 | #985 |
| 1937 | 113 | #639 | 36 | #1,084 |
| 1936 | 134 | #565 | 51 | #855 |
| 1935 | 101 | #656 | 44 | #961 |
| 1934 | 146 | #537 | 55 | #848 |
| 1933 | 130 | #562 | 58 | #818 |
| 1932 | 139 | #554 | 53 | #882 |
| 1931 | 129 | #581 | 39 | #1,091 |
| 1930 | 132 | #603 | 55 | #904 |
| 1929 | 118 | #641 | 54 | #919 |
| 1928 | 141 | #595 | 38 | #1,156 |
| 1927 | 132 | #619 | 43 | #1,092 |
| 1926 | 148 | #583 | 44 | #1,057 |
| 1925 | 142 | #613 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1924 | 152 | #606 | 31 | #1,345 |
| 1923 | 141 | #622 | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1922 | 142 | #612 | 20 | #1,797 |
| 1921 | 98 | #740 | 36 | #1,215 |
| 1920 | 113 | #685 | 26 | #1,481 |
| 1919 | 92 | #730 | 30 | #1,305 |
| 1918 | 87 | #769 | 29 | #1,328 |
| 1917 | 79 | #780 | 23 | #1,508 |
| 1916 | 70 | #814 | 19 | #1,670 |
| 1915 | 93 | #687 | 25 | #1,358 |
| 1914 | 54 | #795 | 6 | #3,102 |
| 1913 | 53 | #716 | 8 | #2,179 |
| 1912 | 37 | #822 | 8 | #1,972 |
| 1911 | 26 | #846 | — | — |
| 1910 | 20 | #987 | 5 | #1,738 |
| 1909 | 18 | #982 | — | — |
| 1908 | 19 | #929 | — | — |
| 1907 | 22 | #807 | — | — |
| 1906 | 24 | #750 | — | — |
| 1905 | 17 | #912 | — | — |
| 1904 | 15 | #950 | — | — |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 1902 | 14 | #954 | — | — |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,572 | — | — |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,374 | — | — |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,730 | — | — |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,441 | — | — |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,669 | — | — |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,360 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).