NameTides

Lavender

Lavender was the #1,095 girls' name in the US in 2025 (220 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Lavender as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lavender as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Lavender as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,095 (220)#1,719 (17)#2,282 (9)
2024#990 (261)#1,491 (21)#1,949 (11)
2023#1,174 (204)#1,959 (14)#2,027 (10)
2022#1,259 (190)#1,948 (14)#2,133 (9)
2021#1,392 (157)#2,073 (13)#1,681 (13)
2020#1,422 (153)#2,300 (11)#2,343 (8)
2019#1,773 (115)#3,151 (7)#1,798 (12)
2018#1,953 (101)#2,901 (8)—
2017#2,200 (86)——
2016#2,247 (85)#5,785 (3)—
2015#2,846 (61)#5,730 (3)#2,891 (6)
2014#3,326 (48)—#2,185 (9)
2013#3,314 (48)—#2,888 (6)
2012#3,134 (53)#5,876 (3)—
2011#4,151 (35)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #990.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lavender is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lavender by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Lavender (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LavenderCanadaGirls#2,2829
LavenderEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
LavenderNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LavenderUSGirls#1,095220