Lavinia

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⭐ Famous Lavinia

Lavinia Fontana

Italian painter (1552–1614)

Choose Lavinia and your child shares a first name with Lavinia Fontana, an Italian painter. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Lavinia, like who?” Lavinia Fontana's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Attributed to Lavinia Fontana / Formerly attributed to Benvenuto Tisi, Public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 20,080 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Lavinia, 80 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Lavinia would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryLavinia has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Lavinias, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1880, when it ranked #352. Today it's #2,276, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📈Then vs nowLavinia is 5.3× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 106,383 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 20,080.
• 🚀TrendLavinia has climbed 472 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #2,276. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedLavinia is most popular in Massachusetts, where it ranks #564. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.
• 💬MeaningIn Latin, Lavinia means “woman of Lavinium”. Our records link it to Latin and Spanish roots.

About the name Lavinia

Lavinia is a girl name of Latin and Spanish origin meaning “woman of Lavinium”. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with L and ending in “-nia”. US birth records list Lavinia for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked #352 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,276, with 80 babies.

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