# Lavender (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lavender/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,323 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,323 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 129, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 4,197 |
| 2012 | 53 | 3,152 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3,349 |
| 2014 | 48 | 3,351 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,868 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,259 |
| 2017 | 86 | 2,211 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,959 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,780 |
| 2020 | 153 | 1,430 |
| 2021 | 157 | 1,394 |
| 2022 | 190 | 1,263 |
| 2023 | 204 | 1,176 |
| 2024 | 261 | 993 |
| 2025 | 220 | 1,095 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## 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.