Is Lavonia a boy or girl name?

Lavonia is a girl’s name. Of the 1,901 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Lavonia

Recorded 1880–1994 · United States

Lavonia was most popular in 1923, when 37 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,352 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,901 people named Lavonia.

Lavonia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lavonia’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lavonia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lavonia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,901 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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 Lavonia

Where Lavonia 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