Laverne
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Laverne is a boys' name, meaning “the green”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Laverne mean?
“the green”
A female given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Laverne a girl's or a boy's name?
Laverne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laverne in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1928, with 428 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885. 9 girls were also named Laverne in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Laverne in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1985, 60% of the babies named Laverne in the US were girls.
Laverne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,131 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,043 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1963 | 66 | #920 |
| 1962 | 61 | #972 |
| 1961 | 70 | #911 |
| 1960 | 79 | #851 |
| 1959 | 71 | #905 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 85 | #817 |
| 1956 | 85 | #808 |
| 1955 | 101 | #726 |
| 1954 | 107 | #698 |
| 1953 | 111 | #679 |
| 1952 | 106 | #672 |
| 1951 | 123 | #634 |
| 1950 | 120 | #625 |
| 1949 | 112 | #644 |
| 1948 | 148 | #547 |
| 1947 | 177 | #504 |
| 1946 | 170 | #495 |
| 1945 | 159 | #471 |
| 1944 | 192 | #441 |
| 1943 | 212 | #427 |
| 1942 | 220 | #414 |
| 1941 | 241 | #373 |
| 1940 | 231 | #375 |
| 1939 | 199 | #404 |
| 1938 | 285 | #329 |
| 1937 | 305 | #304 |
| 1936 | 276 | #326 |
| 1935 | 300 | #314 |
| 1934 | 323 | #302 |
| 1933 | 299 | #310 |
| 1932 | 366 | #284 |
| 1931 | 395 | #278 |
| 1930 | 402 | #283 |
| 1929 | 368 | #291 |
| 1928 | 428 | #275 |
| 1927 | 421 | #274 |
| 1926 | 399 | #286 |
| 1925 | 401 | #285 |
| 1924 | 402 | #286 |
| 1923 | 414 | #278 |
| 1922 | 414 | #277 |
| 1921 | 405 | #276 |
| 1920 | 375 | #289 |
| 1919 | 337 | #294 |
| 1918 | 343 | #299 |
| 1917 | 275 | #328 |
| 1916 | 243 | #344 |
| 1915 | 231 | #351 |
| 1914 | 162 | #371 |
| 1913 | 119 | #390 |
| 1912 | 79 | #439 |
| 1911 | 45 | #432 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 25 | #519 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 25 | #464 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
Names like Laverne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laverne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laverne, updated 20 October 2026.