Lavina
Feminine
Lavina is Lavinia shortened, and Lavinia is the woman Aeneas marries at the end of the Aeneid — the marriage that founds Rome, and the reason the poem ends where it does.
How old is the name Lavina?
Lavina was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Lavina alive today was born around 1930, making them about 95 years old. About 2,700 people named Lavina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lavina most popular?
Lavina peaked in 1882, reaching #348 nationally. Today it ranks #2957, 2,609 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Lavinia to Lavina
The story of Lavina
Lavinia is the daughter of King Latinus in the Aeneid, and her betrothal to Aeneas sets off the war that fills the second half of the poem. The name reached English through classical education and became a favorite of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature. Lavina appears in American records as the shorter spelling and peaked around 1885.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Through Lavinia, whose meaning is genuinely unrecovered. It is connected to Lavinium, the Latin city Aeneas is said to have founded and named for her, but which named which is not established. The name is Latin in form and pre-Latin in origin.
How the name formed
- Lavinia
- Lavina
Related forms: Lavinia · Lavinia · Lavinia
Pronouncing Lavina
luh-VEE-nuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Lavinia has four with the same stress.
Nicknames for Lavina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1921141 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #348reached in 1882
- Change vs 2022
- +55.6%56 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lavina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lavinia in English — spelling variant
- Lavinia in Italian — related form
- Lavinia in Romanian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, California.
Lavinas among us
people named Lavina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 28,701 born in 2025 was named Lavina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Lavina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lavina is headed
Lavina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lavina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lavina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A substantial figure of the Aeneid stands behind it.
- Lavinia is available as a fuller and more formal version.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well.
- The meaning is genuinely unrecovered, and honest sources say so.
- Lavinia is the commoner and more literary spelling.
- It is strongly period-coded to the nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lavinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Lavina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lavina in 2025?
- Lavina ranks #2957 among US girl names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lavina?
- About 1 in every 28,701 US girls born in 2025 was named Lavina — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lavina with classmates?
- Lavina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lavina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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