# Laverna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laverna/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,733 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,733 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 12 | 4,121 |
| 1969 | 20 | 3,063 |
| 1970 | 28 | 2,616 |
| 1971 | 8 | 6,334 |
| 1972 | 19 | 3,342 |
| 1973 | 11 | 5,050 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,307 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,586 |
| 1976 | 13 | 4,777 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,496 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,651 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11,317 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,616 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,882 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,841 |

## 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.