Lavinia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-VIN-ee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Lavinia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Lavinia mean?
Latin: from Roman legend
In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus and wife of Aeneas, who named the town of Lavinium after her.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lavinia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lavinia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lavinia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Lavinia, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 68 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lavinia than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Lavinia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Lavinia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 40 | #947 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 44 | #877 |
| 2019 | 50 | #809 |
| 2018 | 58 | #744 |
| 2017 | 60 | #737 |
| 2016 | 68 | #672 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Lavinia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Lavinia, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 93 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lavinia in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lavinia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,134 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,336 |
| 2022 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,927 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,126 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,783 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,646 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,801 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,802 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,950 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,421 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,473 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,344 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,575 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,289 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,518 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,278 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,310 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,219 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,039 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,190 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,140 |
| 1932 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,010 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1929 | 60 | #922 |
| 1928 | 63 | #936 |
| 1927 | 70 | #893 |
| 1926 | 59 | #971 |
| 1925 | 66 | #913 |
| 1924 | 66 | #934 |
| 1923 | 89 | #774 |
| 1922 | 82 | #803 |
| 1921 | 93 | #757 |
| 1920 | 92 | #757 |
| 1919 | 82 | #778 |
| 1918 | 86 | #771 |
| 1917 | 75 | #797 |
| 1916 | 78 | #775 |
| 1915 | 67 | #802 |
| 1914 | 63 | #724 |
| 1913 | 46 | #776 |
| 1912 | 29 | #938 |
| 1911 | 24 | #875 |
| 1910 | 28 | #812 |
| 1909 | 33 | #691 |
| 1908 | 33 | #669 |
| 1907 | 32 | #666 |
| 1906 | 26 | #716 |
| 1905 | 24 | #734 |
| 1904 | 33 | #586 |
| 1903 | 25 | #666 |
| 1902 | 34 | #559 |
| 1901 | 29 | #577 |
| 1900 | 41 | #524 |
| 1899 | 25 | #616 |
| 1898 | 36 | #520 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 29 | #565 |
| 1895 | 32 | #520 |
| 1894 | 34 | #487 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 |
| 1892 | 37 | #442 |
| 1891 | 27 | #497 |
| 1890 | 27 | #499 |
| 1889 | 33 | #421 |
| 1888 | 22 | #533 |
| 1887 | 20 | #499 |
| 1886 | 35 | #360 |
| 1885 | 22 | #446 |
| 1884 | 20 | #449 |
| 1883 | 20 | #423 |
| 1882 | 18 | #431 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
| 1880 | 21 | #352 |
Names like Lavinia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lavinia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lavinia, updated 20 October 2026.