Is Lavera a boy or girl name?

Lavera is a girl’s name. Of the 2,618 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Lavera

Recorded 1895–2023 · United States

Lavera was most popular in 1925, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,543 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,618 people named Lavera.

Lavera over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lavera’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lavera a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lavera is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,618 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.

Names that peaked alongside Lavera

Where Lavera is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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