Lavette
Lavette or LaVette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter Robert Lavette, American football player
Meaning & Origin of Lavette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lavette or LaVette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter Robert Lavette, American football player
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The Story of Lavette
Lavette first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1947, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1967, when 67 Lavettes were born — ranking #1,336 that year. As of 2026, Lavette ranks #14,326 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 1K Lavettes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lavette
Lavette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Lavette's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #1,336. Use the chart and map above to compare Lavette'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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