# Lavinia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lavinia/  
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 | Vinnie, Vinny |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,660 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,660 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 984, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latin Lavinia, of obscure meaning. Lavinium was a town in ancient Latium.

## 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 | 39 | 3,879 |
| 2012 | 54 | 3,120 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2,521 |
| 2014 | 54 | 3,100 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,795 |
| 2016 | 75 | 2,453 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,624 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,769 |
| 2019 | 66 | 2,641 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,765 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,546 |
| 2022 | 89 | 2,151 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2,349 |
| 2024 | 89 | 2,147 |
| 2025 | 80 | 2,290 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 45 | 844 |
| 2013 | 42 | 882 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 51 | 760 |
| 2016 | 68 | 622 |
| 2017 | 60 | 683 |
| 2018 | 58 | 689 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 43 | 840 |
| 2021 | 50 | 747 |
| 2022 | 46 | 785 |
| 2023 | 40 | 888 |
| 2024 | 37 | 952 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## People named Lavinia

- Lavinia Wilson, German actress
- Lavínia Vlasak, Brazilian actress and model
- Lavinia Warren, American circus performer (1841–1919)
- Lavinia Meijer, Dutch musician
- Ava Gardner, American actress (1922–1990)
- Caroline Harrison, First Lady of the United States from 1889 to 1892
- Vinnie Ream, American sculptor (1847–1914)

## 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.