Lavell
- Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 90.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,958since 1913
Lavell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,154 | 35 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,377 | 32 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,847 | 42 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,684 | 46 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,721 | 44 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,392 | 44 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,470 | 40 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,429 | 40 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,311 | 36 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,073 | 41 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,758 | 50 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,822 | 47 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,792 | 47 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,525 | 58 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,528 | 57 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,635 | 50 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,550 | 52 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,879 | 35 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,467 | 49 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,439 | 48 |
| 1985 | — | #1,258 | 58 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,422 | 45 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,470 | 42 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,441 | 44 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,357 | 48 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,291 | 51 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,474 | 40 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,225 | 50 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | — | #1,244 | 45 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | — | #1,351 | 38 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,326 | 36 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,165 | 42 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #2,821 | 5 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Lavell! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1936, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lavell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lavell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lavell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 571 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #7,194)
- 3,383 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1968 at #1,165 (42 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 31,380
- Highest: 1 in 31,380 boys born in 1976 were named Lavell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,165 in 1968, was only 1 in 41,380 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 15.4% of all boys named Lavell (455) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1940
- Mostly girls until 1939, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 58 | #2,184 (1915) | #2,840 |
| 1920s | 129 | #1,816 (1923) | #2,397 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,540 (1933) | #2,159 |
| 1940s | 118 | #1,692 (1946) | #2,274 |
| 1950s | 163 | #1,511 (1958) | #2,101 |
| 1960s | 270 | #1,165 (1968) | #1,562 |
| 1970s | 424 | #1,177 (1972) | #1,364 |
| 1980s | 455 | #1,258 (1985) | #1,498 |
| 1990s | 449 | #1,525 (1992) | #1,976 |
| 2000s | 368 | #2,392 (2003) | #2,917 |
| 2010s | 301 | #3,149 (2015) | #3,585 |
| 2020s | 102 | #3,811 (2020) | #5,740 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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