Lavern is an established variant of Laverne that peaked in 1924 and has since faded.
Lavern is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,097 for boy births in the United States (and #8,750 across all names), given to 26 babies. Lavern was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (290 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,097 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,151 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,390 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,581 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,704 |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,979 |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,290 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,030 |
| 2017 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,856 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,157 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,640 |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,083 |
| 2013 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,019 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,400 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,596 |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,594 |
| 2009 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,782 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,212 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,308 |
| 2006 | 31 | 31 | #14,452 | #4,059 |
| 2005 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,139 |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,201 |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,063 |
| 2002 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,414 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,797 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,384 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,258 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,343 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #13,030 | #5,913 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | — | #3,354 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | — | #3,511 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | #14,716 | #4,988 |
| 1993 | 30 | — | #11,246 | #2,989 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #10,024 | #3,547 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | #7,209 | #3,939 |
| 1990 | 40 | — | #5,990 | #2,666 |
| 1989 | 30 | — | #7,244 | #3,164 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | #5,199 | #2,816 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | #7,097 | #2,608 |
| 1986 | 40 | — | #5,096 | #2,262 |
| 1985 | 25 | — | #7,968 | #2,898 |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #5,714 | #2,497 |
| 1983 | 29 | — | #5,020 | #3,012 |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #6,632 | #2,776 |
| 1981 | 39 | — | #5,116 | #2,122 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | #4,638 | #2,410 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | #4,749 | #2,518 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #9,177 | #3,157 |
| 1977 | 48 | — | #2,960 | #2,243 |
| 1976 | 52 | — | #3,142 | #1,770 |
| 1975 | 53 | — | #2,542 | #2,099 |
| 1974 | 64 | — | #2,416 | #1,566 |
| 1973 | 61 | — | #2,600 | #1,493 |
| 1972 | 69 | — | #2,295 | #1,431 |
| 1971 | 83 | — | #1,923 | #1,390 |
| 1970 | 97 | — | #1,611 | #1,362 |
| 1969 | 91 | — | #1,907 | #1,132 |
| 1968 | 105 | — | #1,513 | #1,077 |
| 1967 | 119 | — | #1,310 | #1,055 |
| 1966 | 127 | — | #1,340 | #936 |
| 1965 | 126 | — | #1,267 | #1,009 |
| 1964 | 150 | — | #1,113 | #1,041 |
| 1963 | 169 | — | #1,003 | #1,014 |
| 1962 | 174 | — | #1,040 | #934 |
| 1961 | 188 | — | #1,008 | #909 |
| 1960 | 237 | — | #870 | #786 |
| 1959 | 230 | — | #806 | #935 |
| 1958 | 242 | — | #792 | #842 |
| 1957 | 276 | — | #735 | #790 |
| 1956 | 260 | — | #776 | #739 |
| 1955 | 285 | — | #713 | #702 |
| 1954 | 224 | — | #795 | #779 |
| 1953 | 205 | — | #938 | #700 |
| 1952 | 245 | — | #783 | #652 |
| 1951 | 181 | — | #955 | #757 |
| 1950 | 210 | — | #1,004 | #609 |
| 1949 | 213 | — | #921 | #622 |
| 1948 | 239 | — | #824 | #600 |
| 1947 | 248 | — | #784 | #608 |
| 1946 | 241 | — | #773 | #568 |
| 1945 | 232 | — | #704 | #547 |
| 1944 | 224 | — | #788 | #534 |
| 1943 | 228 | — | #875 | #510 |
| 1942 | 255 | — | #739 | #498 |
| 1941 | 250 | — | #726 | #474 |
| 1940 | 257 | — | #777 | #440 |
| 1939 | 243 | — | #806 | #436 |
| 1938 | 287 | — | #697 | #412 |
| 1937 | 290 | — | #725 | #386 |
| 1936 | 268 | — | #692 | #423 |
| 1935 | 321 | — | #616 | #377 |
| 1934 | 353 | — | #654 | #350 |
| 1933 | 332 | — | #643 | #361 |
| 1932 | 365 | — | #599 | #353 |
| 1931 | 355 | — | #651 | #348 |
| 1930 | 390 | — | #613 | #349 |
| 1929 | 370 | — | #640 | #353 |
| 1928 | 389 | — | #631 | #352 |
| 1927 | 416 | — | #597 | #354 |
| 1926 | 388 | — | #594 | #373 |
| 1925 | 383 | — | #655 | #371 |
| 1924 | 435 | — | #624 | #347 |
| 1923 | 418 | — | #645 | #348 |
| 1922 | 390 | — | #669 | #363 |
| 1921 | 393 | — | #621 | #381 |
| 1920 | 367 | — | #627 | #388 |
| 1919 | 331 | — | #662 | #397 |
| 1918 | 318 | — | #625 | #424 |
| 1917 | 254 | — | #688 | #458 |
| 1916 | 207 | — | #853 | #480 |
| 1915 | 203 | — | #801 | #478 |
| 1914 | 140 | — | #798 | #531 |
| 1913 | 101 | — | #918 | #528 |
| 1912 | 72 | — | #1,275 | #547 |
| 1911 | 48 | — | #889 | #636 |
| 1910 | 34 | — | #1,093 | #742 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | #1,127 | #697 |
| 1908 | 25 | — | #1,064 | #920 |
| 1907 | 17 | — | #1,574 | #966 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | — | #970 |
| 1905 | 21 | — | #1,484 | #686 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | #1,427 | #1,024 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,697 | — |
| 1902 | 14 | — | #1,269 | #1,235 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #1,277 | — |
| 1900 | 13 | — | #1,656 | #1,245 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #995 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #1,320 | — |
| 1897 | 14 | — | #1,125 | #1,153 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,537 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #912 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #993 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #998 |