Laval — boys' name
204 babies named Laval in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Laval was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Laval in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laval
The Social Security Administration has registered 204 babies named Laval between 1921 and 2008, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Laval currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laval performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Laval shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laval in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 204 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laval at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laval popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1921
- Peak year (1955)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
204 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 9 births in a single year.
Laval by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 49 births that decade — 24% of Laval's all-time total
Laval decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Laval's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.