Lavell — #7776 US boys' name
2,946 babies named Lavell in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
15% of everyone ever named Lavell was born in this single decade.
58 babies were named Lavell in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lavell
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,946 babies named Lavell between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lavell currently holds the #7776 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 58 babies received it in a single year. Lavell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 327 additional births since 1913.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lavell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 455 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lavell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 443 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Lavell in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lavell 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 2,946 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.
Lavell at a glance
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Current rank
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Lavell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (1985)
- 58
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #7776 among boys.
2,946 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 58 births in a single year.
Lavell popularity over time — girls
327 total births recorded since 1913 (Lavell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lavell accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lavell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 455 births that decade — 15% of Lavell's all-time total
Lavell decade highlights
- Peak decade 455 births
- Runner-up 449 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lavell's strongest decade
455 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Lavell by state
Where Lavell concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 443 | 15.0% |
| #2 | California | | 268 | 9.1% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 90 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 39 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 25 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 22 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 7 | 0.2% |
443 of 2,946 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 15.0% of nationwide
- California 9.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 15.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lavell appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1913–2024 (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.