Lavender

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lavender: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lavender: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #1,491, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1491highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2010	#4012
2012	#5876
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#2300
2021	#2073
2022	#1948
2023	#1959
2024	#1491

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1491 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1491 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lavender by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lavender in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	29	6 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	73	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lavender appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1491 in England and Wales in 2024.

Lavender's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,491, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,491position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lauryn · #45, 28y
Lavanya · #2085, 22y
Lavin · #1400, 17y
Lavina · #300, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kirat · #1491, 17y
Ohemaa · #1491, 15y
Zyra · #1491, 13y
Arlow · #1492, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Motty · #1492, 17y
Niccolo · #1492, 24y
Ripley · #1490, 26y
Noam · #1494, 28y

Lavender and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lavender without appearing here.

Lavender moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Lavender

Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #1218.

Moved the opposite way to Lavender

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 while Aimee went from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 while Aisling went from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lavender

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 and Ada from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 and Alma from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 and Alyssa from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lavender went from #3848 to #1491 and Amalie from #3848 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1491 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lavender

Lavender at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lavender by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lavender appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Lavender and the names beside it

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Lavender at a glance

Lavender by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lavender appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Lavender and the names beside it

Lavender moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lavender

Moved the opposite way to Lavender

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