Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lavinia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lavinia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

4.3%

2024

All-time

5,580

Lavinia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 93 girls were named Lavinia.

In 2024, only 89 girls were given the name.

All told, about 5,580 Americans have been named Lavinia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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