Lavender

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Lavender is a given name often given in reference to the flowering plant or to the light purple color. It is derived from the Old French word lavendre from the Latin lavendula.

From Wikipedia

Lavender first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 258 babies (rank #998 that year). In 2024 it was given to 258 girls (rank #998). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Lavender

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lavender yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2,098
Total babies (all years)
46
Years in the data
258
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19625#7,098
19726#7,778
19745#9,522
19776#9,090
197910#6,456
19806#9,747
19815#11,315
19835#11,195
19845#11,363
19859#7,292
198610#6,895
19875#12,355
19885#12,951
19897#10,342
19907#10,865
199110#8,330
19945#14,715
19965#14,795
199719#5,323
199823#4,728
199927#4,251
200022#5,244
200132#3,992
200231#4,138
200320#5,942
200426#5,013
200532#4,322
200637#4,049
200731#4,754
200829#5,085
200937#4,152
201024#5,714
201135#4,196
201253#3,152
201348#3,349
201448#3,351
201561#2,867
201685#2,259
201786#2,211
2018101#1,958
2019115#1,780
2020153#1,428
2021157#1,394
2022189#1,269
2023203#1,179
2024258#998