Lavender
Girl · LAV-en-der · English
Lavender is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the lavender plant”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,095th for girls in the US (220 babies).
What does Lavender mean?
English: plant name, from Medieval Latin lavendula
“the lavender plant”
Taken from the fragrant purple-flowered herb, whose English name comes from Medieval Latin lavendula.
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- LAV-en-der
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Is Lavender a girl's or a boy's name?
Lavender is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 220 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lavender in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Lavender, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lavender in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Lavender in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Lavender in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,095among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 220about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 220 girls in the US were named Lavender, making it the 1,095th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,422nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 261 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Lavender in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lavender in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 220 | #1,095 |
| 2024 | 261 | #990 |
| 2023 | 204 | #1,174 |
| 2022 | 190 | #1,259 |
| 2021 | 157 | #1,392 |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,422 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,773 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
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