Is Luverne a boy or girl name?

Luverne is a unisex name. Of the 1,914 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 44.2% were girls and 55.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1929, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Luverne

Recorded 1907–1959 · United States

Luverne was most popular in 1924, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,343 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,914 people named Luverne.

Luverne over time

Births per year. The dot marks Luverne’s peak in 1924. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Luverne a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Luverne is a unisex name — 44.2% of the 1,914 Americans given it were girls and 55.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1929 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

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 Luverne

Where Luverne 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