Lavelle
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 61.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,481since 1913
Lavelle 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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,327 | 23 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,561 | 30 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,735 | 24 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,321 | 26 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,993 | 29 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,260 | 37 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,441 | 32 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #1,677 | 51 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,565 | 42 |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,796 | 31 | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #1,448 | 43 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,602 | 37 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,965 | 28 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,596 | 35 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #1,546 | 36 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #1,520 | 33 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,062 | 43 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #1,177 | 40 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #933 | 55 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Lavelle! It came in at #2,092, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lavelle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lavelle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lavelle
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 699 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #6,803)
- 2,396 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1972 at #1,230 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 27 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 36,036
- Highest: 1 in 36,036 boys born in 1972 were named Lavelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 15.8% of all boys named Lavelle (392) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1960
- Mostly girls until 1959, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 85 | #1,600 (1915) | #2,174 |
| 1920s | 129 | #1,902 (1928) | #2,391 |
| 1930s | 133 | #1,576 (1937) | #2,074 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,867 (1942) | #2,559 |
| 1950s | 133 | #1,887 (1954) | #2,241 |
| 1960s | 208 | #1,540 (1966) | #1,801 |
| 1970s | 359 | #1,230 (1972) | #1,500 |
| 1980s | 392 | #1,448 (1983) | #1,661 |
| 1990s | 359 | #1,677 (1992) | #2,369 |
| 2000s | 272 | #2,993 (2000) | #3,554 |
| 2010s | 229 | #3,115 (2012) | #4,392 |
| 2020s | 86 | #5,019 (2022) | #6,199 |
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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