Names / Girl names
Lava
Current rank
#16,264
holding steady
All-time peak
#16,264
in 2025
First recorded
2019
in U.S. data
Children named
10
since 2019
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #16,264 in 2025 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Hot bold and impossible to ignore. It first appears in American naming data in 2019. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 10 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.