Lavon
Masculine
Lavon is given to both — 5,113 boys and 6,246 girls since 1880. See Lavon as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Von was the busiest second element in a whole generation of American naming. LaVon, DeVon, YVon, Vonda, Yvonne and Lavonne all use it, and Lavon is the plainest of them — a prefix and the element, with nothing else attached. It goes mostly to boys, which is unusual in that family.
How old is the name Lavon?
Lavon first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Lavon alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 3,700 people named Lavon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lavon most popular?
Lavon peaked in 1933, reaching #812 nationally. Today it ranks #2884, 2,072 places below that high. See the whole 1933 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Lavon
What makes the -von family worth describing is how systematically it worked. Through the middle of the last century the element combined with La-, De-, Ra- and Sha- at the front and with -da, -ne and -ita at the back, generating dozens of names that were immediately recognizable as names and had never existed before. The plain forms — Lavon, Davon, Devon — went disproportionately to boys, and the elaborated ones to girls, which is a pattern rather than a rule but a fairly consistent one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The -von element has no meaning of its own. It appears to have been abstracted from Yvonne and Vonda, which do have histories — Yvonne descends from a Germanic word for the yew tree — but an element cut loose from a name does not carry the name's sense with it. The La- prefix contributes nothing either. So this is a name assembled from two components, and the honest answer is that no meaning can be given.
Pronouncing Lavon
luh-VON
luh-VON, two syllables, stress at the back, the first vowel almost swallowed. Some say LAY-von with the weight at the front, which keeps the prefix audible, and both readings are in use.
Nicknames for Lavon
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
- 1910
- Most boys named
- 200685 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #812reached in 1933
- Change vs 2023
- +2.4%43 in 2025, from 42
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.
Lavon in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin.
Lavons among us
people named Lavon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was named Lavon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Welton test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lavon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Welton climbed just as high around 1904, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Welton's path sketches the road Lavon is walking now.
Lavon 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 Lavon is headed
Lavon is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Lavon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lavon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Von works as a short form and suits either child.
- Two syllables with the stress at the end, which balances a front-stressed surname.
- Every letter behaves as an English reader expects, so it is said right on first sight.
- Lavonne, LaVon and Levon are all in use, and the capital in the middle is a standing question.
- There is no documented meaning, which is worth deciding how to talk about in advance.
- The stress falls at either end depending on the speaker.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lavons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Lavon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lavon in 2025?
- Lavon ranks #2884 among US boy names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lavon?
- About 1 in every 39,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Lavon — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lavon with classmates?
- Lavon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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