Boys' name · since 1966
Lavale
Lavale has 55 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,543 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lavale sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 55 recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavale has been recorded 55 times among boys since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1995.
- #21,543 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 55 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavale ranks #21,543 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,543 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 55
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lavale's 55 recorded births place it above 52.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lavale's full recorded timeline at 1977, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lavale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1995
- Peak year (1980)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Lavale by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Lavale's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Lavale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Lavale's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 1990s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lavale draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.