# Lavanya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lavanya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “beauty” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 261 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 261 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 115, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit लावण्य (lāvaṇya, “beauty”).

## What it means

Lavanya is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 10,479 |
| 2009 | 15 | 8,276 |
| 2010 | 15 | 8,118 |
| 2011 | 15 | 8,022 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,356 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,539 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,052 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,550 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,721 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,663 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,057 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,466 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,877 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,804 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,816 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.