girls:
107 births since 1916
#5609 (2nd percentile)
boys:
266 births since 1912
#4320 (6th percentile)
overall:
373 births since 1912
#7366 (5th percentile)
The name Luvern is the #7,366 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 373 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 4.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,320 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 266 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,609 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 107 births since 1916.
Luvern first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1916 for girls). Birth data for Luvern is available in 31 out of the 49 years between 1912 and 1960 (29 years for boys and 16 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 Luvern has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.3% of all recorded births being male. In 1960, 100.0% of babies named Luvern were boys.
For boys, Luvern reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #515) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1960.
For girls, Luvern reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #599) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1955.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Luvern".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Luvern. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.1% confident that Luvern is pronounced as lue-VERN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUH-vern, at 20.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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