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Its wave through time Most used in the 2010s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2011 per 100,000 babies of that sex 6,364 babies given this name since 1961 At its height in 2011, about 1 in 6,600 girls 81 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Levi Boy Hebrew Levi, usually read as 'joined, attached', as explained in Genesis 29:34. Biblical · peak 2020 Laverne Girl Uncertain. Possibly from a French surname, or from Laverna, a Roman goddess of thieves; the popular meaning… Victorian · peak 1928 · forgotten Leigh Girl or boy From an English surname for someone living by a clearing, Old English lēah 'wood, clearing'. Modern · peak 1969 Leif Boy From Old Norse leifr 'heir, descendant'. Viking & Saxon · peak 2020 Livia Girl Feminine of the Roman family name Livius, of uncertain origin; possibly from lividus 'bluish'. It is not a short… Rome · peak 2018 Lavinia Girl Name of the legendary wife of Aeneas, linked to the town Lavinium; its origin is unknown. Rome · peak 1886 Liv Girl Usually traced to Old Norse hlíf 'protection, shelter', though it is now understood in Norwegian and Swedish as liv… Modern · peak 2020 Lafayette Boy The title of the Marquis de Lafayette, from a French place name derived from fayette 'little beech wood'. Revolutions · peak 1884 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.