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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Lavelle
- 29 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,803)
- 699 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #6,803)
- 2,396 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #6,803)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1972 at #1,230 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 15.8% of all boys named Lavelle (392) were born in this decade
- 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.
Lavelle in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 117,019 of them was named Lavelle, which outranked 55.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,091Yocheved14
- #4,091Yvetta14
- #4,091Zondra14
- #4,300Lavelle13
- #4,300Adelaide13
- #4,300Adrea13
- #4,300Alaine13
- #4,523Adell12
- #4,523Afi12
- #4,523Akilah12
Tied with 222 names at #4,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 36,036 of them was named Lavelle, which outranked 78.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,210Samual46
- #1,210Talmadge46
- #1,210Williams46
- #1,230Lavelle45
- #1,230Artie45
- #1,230Braden45
- #1,230Cale45
- #1,249Alden44
- #1,249Antonino44
- #1,249Augustin44
Tied with 18 names at #1,230; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.