Lavern
Boy · luh-VERN · French
Lavern is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Lavern mean?
French: probably from the French surname Laverne, from verne, alder
Probably from a French surname based on verne, an old regional word for the alder tree.
- Say it
- luh-VERN
Is Lavern a girl's or a boy's name?
Lavern is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lavern in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Lavern, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 290 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lavern in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 47% of the babies named Lavern in the US in 1909, and 23% in 2006.
Lavern in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,350 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,068 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 61 | #932 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,011 |
| 1962 | 66 | #929 |
| 1961 | 72 | #900 |
| 1960 | 95 | #781 |
| 1959 | 68 | #925 |
| 1958 | 81 | #834 |
| 1957 | 90 | #788 |
| 1956 | 99 | #736 |
| 1955 | 109 | #699 |
| 1954 | 84 | #777 |
| 1953 | 103 | #699 |
| 1952 | 113 | #649 |
| 1951 | 86 | #748 |
| 1950 | 127 | #605 |
| 1949 | 120 | #620 |
| 1948 | 127 | #597 |
| 1947 | 126 | #604 |
| 1946 | 128 | #567 |
| 1945 | 120 | #546 |
| 1944 | 130 | #531 |
| 1943 | 148 | #508 |
| 1942 | 151 | #498 |
| 1941 | 155 | #473 |
| 1940 | 174 | #440 |
| 1939 | 170 | #435 |
| 1938 | 189 | #412 |
| 1937 | 203 | #385 |
| 1936 | 174 | #422 |
| 1935 | 209 | #376 |
| 1934 | 248 | #350 |
| 1933 | 227 | #361 |
| 1932 | 245 | #353 |
| 1931 | 251 | #348 |
| 1930 | 262 | #349 |
| 1929 | 252 | #353 |
| 1928 | 264 | #352 |
| 1927 | 274 | #354 |
| 1926 | 245 | #372 |
| 1925 | 256 | #371 |
| 1924 | 290 | #346 |
| 1923 | 287 | #348 |
| 1922 | 271 | #363 |
| 1921 | 253 | #380 |
| 1920 | 236 | #388 |
| 1919 | 219 | #396 |
| 1918 | 190 | #422 |
| 1917 | 154 | #454 |
| 1916 | 143 | #479 |
| 1915 | 135 | #475 |
| 1914 | 87 | #528 |
| 1913 | 67 | #523 |
| 1912 | 54 | #547 |
| 1911 | 24 | #624 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Lavern
- Vern 7 boys in the US in 2025
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