Names / Unisex names
Lavin
Current rank
#11,449
holding steady
All-time peak
#4,235
in 1956
First recorded
1956
in U.S. data
Children named
183
since 1956
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #4,235 in 1956 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Lavin first appears in American naming records in 1956, where it reads as a unisex name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 183 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.