Meaning and history
Lavern is an English spelling variant of Laverne, used for more than one gender. Laverne developed from a French surname or place name associated with Gaulish verno, “alder tree,” though some modern use may be influenced by Vernon. It should not be assigned unrelated Latin meanings without evidence. Notable bearers include American football player Lavern Dilweg and American singer LaVern Baker, whose professional spelling capitalized the internal V.
20062006: 24 births, rank #4,001
2007: 23 births, rank #4,243
2008: 24 births, rank #4,145
2009: 28 births, rank #3,721
2010: 30 births, rank #3,531
20112011: 21 births, rank #4,509
2012: 17 births, rank #5,256
2013: 25 births, rank #3,964
2014: 25 births, rank #4,014
2015: 21 births, rank #4,545
20162016: 25 births, rank #4,098
2017: 20 births, rank #4,746
2018: 19 births, rank #4,918
2019: 24 births, rank #4,230
2020: 26 births, rank #3,918
20212021: 30 births, rank #3,651
2022: 32 births, rank #3,533
2023: 35 births, rank #3,347
2024: 26 births, rank #4,072
20252025: 26 births, rank #4,050
Lavern moved from #934 to #936 for boys between 1962 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 290 births.