Lavern
Lavern is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Lavern Ahlstrom, retired provincial level politician and former leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party LaVern Baker (1929–1997), American R&B singer Alan LaVern Bean (1932–2018), American former naval officer and aviator, the fourth person to walk on the Moon Lavern Corbin, American basketball player who was an NCAA All-American as a…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lavern
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lavern is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Lavern Ahlstrom, retired provincial level politician and former leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party LaVern Baker (1929–1997), American R&B singer Alan LaVern Bean (1932–2018), American former naval officer and aviator, the fourth person to walk on the Moon Lavern Corbin, American basketball player who was an NCAA All-American as a…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lavern
As a girl name
Lavern first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1893, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1957: 186 births, good for #734 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 20% of all recorded Laverns. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2006 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 7K Laverns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Lavern first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1880, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 290 births, good for #346 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Laverns. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,755 among boy names with 30 births, rising sharply (+28% over the past five years). In total, more than 10K Laverns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lavern
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About the name Lavern
Lavern is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Lavern's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #346. Use the chart and map above to compare Lavern's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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