How Many People Are Named Lavette?
An estimated 1,036 people in the United States have the first name Lavette. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 52 years old, and Lavette peaked in popularity in 1967 with 67 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lavette as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lavette paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,036
About 1 in 330,844 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.6% confidence
Average Age
52
years old
Peak Year
1967
67 births
Total Registered
1,190
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lavette
Lavette is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,190 total births registered, 99.6% were female.
Lavette as a male name
Ranked #1,888 in 1911
5 male births in 1911
Peak: 1911 (5 births)
Lavette as a female name
Ranked #15,408 in 2016
6 female births in 2016
Peak: 1967 (67 births)
Lavette: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lavette span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 409 babies were registered. Lavette has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Lavette by Decade
How has Lavette tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lavette by State
Birth registrations for Lavette span all 6 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, New York. The lowest are in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida. On average, about 33 Lavettes were registered per state.
Lavette + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lavette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lavette
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lavette: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lavette?
We estimate approximately 1,036 people named Lavette are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 330,844 Americans share this first name.
Is Lavette a common name?
Lavette is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,190 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lavette most popular?
Lavette reached peak popularity in 1967, when 67 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lavette is approximately 52 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lavette a female name?
Lavette is predominantly female. 99.6% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lavette Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lavette Smith, Lavette Johnson, Lavette Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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