girls:
42.9k births since 1885
#646 (89th percentile)
boys:
13.2k births since 1885
#1009 (78th percentile)
overall:
56.1k births since 1885
#999 (87th percentile)
The name Laverne is the #999 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 56,105 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 87.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #646 (88.7% percentile) for all time with 42,869 births since 1885. For boys, it ranks #1,009 (78.0% percentile) for all time with 13,236 births since 1885.
Laverne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 . Birth data for Laverne is available in 134 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023 (129 years for boys and 114 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 Laverne has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Laverne were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (76.6% girls from 1885 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (96.8% boys from 1999 to 2023).
For girls, Laverne reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 73.3% percentile (ranked #162) with 1,078 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 1,082 births per million (ranked 73.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
For boys, Laverne reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 52.5% percentile (ranked #260) with 368 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 375 births per million (ranked 52.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Laverne ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laverne".
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