girls:
1.8k births since 1962
#3950 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1962
#5918 (24th percentile)
The name Lavender is the #5,918 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,838 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 23.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,950 (30.9% percentile) for all time with 1,838 births since 1962.
Lavender first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for girls in 1962). Birth data for Lavender is available in 45 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Lavender reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.8% percentile (ranked #750) with 115 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 115 births per million (ranked 20.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2009, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Lavender is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #750 (20.8% percentile) with 115 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lavender".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lavender. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.4% confident that Lavender is pronounced as LA-vuhn-der, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LA-vehn-der, at 11.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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