Is Lavenia a boy or girl name?

Lavenia is a girl’s name. Of the 1,691 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Lavenia

Recorded 1880–2018 · United States

Lavenia was most popular in 1920, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,390 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,691 people named Lavenia.

Lavenia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lavenia’s peak in 1920. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lavenia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lavenia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,691 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org