How Many People Are Named Lavender?
people named Lavender are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 148,279 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,323 babies named Lavender in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
261 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the aromatic flower or the pale purple colour.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lavender in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lavender alive today is about 9 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lavender first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2024, to 261 babies. In 2025, 220 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lavender has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #993, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,095.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,095 |
| Best rank | #993 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,207 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lavender alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lavender were born in California than in any other state: about 224 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lavender was given 1.9 times as often in Ohio, 1.8 times in Michigan and 1.5 times in California.
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