Lavinia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lavinia: Recorded since 1966, it reached #284 in 1976, and it stood at #556 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#284highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1045
1998	#1259
1999	#864
2000	#1058
2001	#1238
2002	#1442
2003	#1026
2004	#1158
2005	#1121
2006	#1585
2007	#1234
2008	#1135
2009	#1248
2010	#1653
2011	#1117
2012	#844
2013	#882
2014	#842
2015	#760
2016	#622
2017	#683
2018	#689
2019	#778
2020	#840
2021	#747
2022	#785
2023	#888
2024	#952

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 Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 59 years from 1966 to 2024.

In 2024: #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #952 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2024
Highest recorded position: #284 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1976 (recorded 1966–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #952 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lavinia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 175 births with the name.

Lavinia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lavinia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#284 (1976)	#556 (2024)	37 of 59	175 (1966–2024)	11 (1976)
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#622 (2016)	#952 (2024)	29 of 29	956 (1996–2024)	68 (2016)

Lavinia by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Lavinia in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	15	4 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	58	9 of 10	6
1980s	28	6 of 10	5
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010s	33	8 of 10	4
2020s	22	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lavinia appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #284 in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Lavinia'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	#952	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#888	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#785	46	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#747	50	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#840	43	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#778	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#689	58	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#683	60	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#622	68	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#760	51	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#842	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#882	42	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#844	45	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1117	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1248	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1135	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1026	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#864	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1045	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	10	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #284, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 68 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Lavin · #1400, 17y
Lavina · #300, 24y
Lavrans · #96, 28y
Lawan · #2954, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Asha · #286, 52y
Fredrick · #286, 44y
Laurie · #291, 48y
Emelie · #270, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Celia · #284, 46y
Dejan · #284, 37y
Jeanne · #284, 47y
Letitia · #284, 37y

Lavinia was ranked #284 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1976. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lavinia 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 Lavinia without appearing here.

Lavinia moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1585 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1234 and #2233.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1585 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1234 and #2233.
Suzanne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1653 and #1389 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1117 and #2025.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1238 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1442 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Lavinia

Summer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #490 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #251.
Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1026 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1158 and #736.
Elsie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #490 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #431.
Maisie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #490 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #431.

Moved the opposite way to Lavinia

Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 while Alexandra went from #288 to #145.
Annie Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 while Annie went from #139 to #41.
Aoife Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 while Aoife went from #189 to #45.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.

Moved the same way as Lavinia

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 and Aisling from #100 to #154.
Alison Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 and Alison from #98 to #275.
Amanda Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 and Amanda from #97 to #631.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lavinia went from #380 to #556 and Andrea from #185 to #736.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #284 in Republic of Ireland in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lavinia

Lavinia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lavinia across 2 official records

Lavinia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lavinia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lavinia

Lavinia and the names beside it

Lavinia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lavinia

Moved the opposite way to Lavinia

Moved the same way as Lavinia

Lavinia at a glance

Lavinia across 2 official records

Lavinia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lavinia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lavinia

Lavinia and the names beside it

Lavinia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lavinia

Moved the opposite way to Lavinia

Moved the same way as Lavinia