Mostly girls · peaked in 1928
Laverne name popularity since 1925
40,034 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Laverne (77.2% girls, 22.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Laverne is about 86 years old in 2026. Laverne peaked in 1928 as the #165 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 40,034
- Named Laverne, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1928
- #165 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #10,542 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 77.2% girls
- 30,898 girls · 9,136 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 4.32× its national share
Peak year is the year Laverne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Laverne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Laverne peaked in 1928.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, Laverne's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 7,490 to 1 in 14,400.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Laverne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Laverne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Laverne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6,482 | 2,017 | – |
| 1930s | 8,189 | 3,150 | #217 |
| 1940s | 5,861 | 1,862 | #284 |
| 1950s | 5,772 | 969 | #333 |
| 1960s | 3,271 | 561 | #558 |
| 1970s | 958 | 244 | #1,360 |
| 1980s | 252 | 111 | #3,927 |
| 1990s | 99 | 71 | #12,650 |
| 2000s | 5 | 59 | Under 5 |
| 2010s | 0 | 50 | Under 5 |
| 2020–25 | 9 | 42 | #10,542 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
48.1% of babies named Laverne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Laverne is most popular
The index compares Laverne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Laverne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 4.32× | 492 |
| Wisconsin | 3.50× | 2,487 |
| District of Columbia | 3.20× | 532 |
| Hawaii | 3.13× | 353 |
| South Dakota | 2.72× | 313 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Laverne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Laverne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Laverne (1928).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data