girls:
962 births since 1906
#4754 (17th percentile)
boys:
930 births since 1914
#3661 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1906
#5868 (24th percentile)
The name Lavaughn is the #5,868 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,892 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 24.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,754 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 962 births since 1906. For boys, it ranks #3,661 (20.1% percentile) for all time with 930 births since 1914.
Lavaughn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (1906 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Lavaughn is available in 114 out of the 118 years between 1906 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 63 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lavaughn is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Lavaughn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for girls (68.9% girls from 1906 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.7% boys from 1959 to 2023).
For girls, Lavaughn reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #580) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 29 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.
For boys, Lavaughn reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #516) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lavaughn ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 15.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lavaughn".
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