How Many People Are Named Lavinia?
people named Lavinia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,689 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,660 babies named Lavinia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
93 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aeneas, and the ancestor of the Roman people. According to the legend Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in honour of his wife.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lavinia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lavinia alive today is about 37 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lavinia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 93 babies. In 2025, 80 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lavinia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #360, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,290.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,290 |
| Best rank | #360 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #862 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lavinia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lavinia were born in California than in any other state: about 223 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lavinia was given 4.5 times as often in South Carolina, 3.7 times in Virginia and 3.1 times in Maryland.
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