girls:
11 births since 1977
#5705 (0th percentile)
boys:
327 births since 1981
#4259 (7th percentile)
overall:
338 births since 1977
#7401 (4th percentile)
The name Lavonta is the #7,401 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 338 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,259 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 327 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,705 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1977.
Lavonta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Lavonta is available in 31 out of the 46 years between 1977 and 2022 (29 years for boys and 2 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 Lavonta has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.7% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for girls (68.8% girls from 1977 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1982 to 2022).
For boys, Lavonta reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #745) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Lavonta reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #767) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1978.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lavonta".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lavonta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Lavonta is pronounced as luh-VAHN-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-VAWN-tuh, at 34.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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