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Its wave through time Fading since the 1900s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1907 Boys 1910 per 100,000 babies of that sex 6,425 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1907, about 1 in 4,200 girls 12 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.