Lavinia
Latin name borne in Roman legend by the wife of Aeneas, connected with Lavinium, a town in Latium; Roman writers treated her as an ancestor of the Latin people.
Lavinia in 2025
Lavinia was given to 80 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,130th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 41,442 babies born.
The history of Lavinia
Lavinia reached its highest point in 1921, when 93 babies were given the name, ranking 1,403rd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 650th, in 1886.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 5,660 babies have been named Lavinia. Half of them were born before 1948, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Baby Boomers.
Lavinia by decade
| Decade | Babies named Lavinia | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 225 | 650 |
| 1890s | 300 | 738 |
| 1900s | 310 | 864 |
| 1910s | 578 | 1,346 |
| 1920s | 740 | 1,400 |
| 1930s | 382 | 1,879 |
| 1940s | 350 | 2,222 |
| 1950s | 362 | 2,391 |
| 1960s | 380 | 2,645 |
| 1970s | 350 | 2,783 |
| 1980s | 197 | 5,424 |
| 1990s | 171 | 7,487 |
| 2000s | 264 | 7,000 |
| 2010s | 586 | 4,304 |
| 2020s | 465 | 3,883 |
Where Lavinia is heading
Lavinia has risen 27% over the past decade, from 63 babies in 2015 to 80 in 2025.
Names like Lavinia
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Lavinia.