How Many People Are Named Laverne?
people named Laverne are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,850 people in the US has this name
Based on 56,124 babies named Laverne in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,785 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder". It is sometimes associated with the Roman goddess Laverna or the Latin word vernus "of spring".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Laverne in English. Counting Laverne and these spellings together, about 23,729 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Laverne, 83.2% were girls and 16.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Laverne fell from 77% in the 1890s to 58.2% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Laverne alive today is about 71 years old, and 84% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Laverne first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1924, to 1,785 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Laverne has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #165, in 1928. In 2025 it ranked #10,538. Among boys, its best rank was #274, in 1927.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,538 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #165 (1928) | #274 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #172 in the 1920s | #283 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Laverne alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Laverne were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 1,301 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Laverne was given 3.6 times as often in Wisconsin, 2.7 times in North Dakota and 2.5 times in Illinois.
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