Girls' name · since 1911
Lavella
417 babies named Lavella in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 417
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lavella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 417 recorded since 1911.
Social Security Administration records show Lavella recorded 417 times among girls since 1911, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2024.
- #13,192 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 417 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lavella ranks #13,192 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 417 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 417
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lavella's 417 recorded births place it above 81.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lavella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lavella's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1911, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lavella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2024
- Peak year (1925)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Lavella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (101 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Lavella's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Lavella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
59 births
- 1920s
1920s
101 births
- 1930s
1930s
90 births
- 1940s
1940s
53 births
- 1950s
1950s
52 births
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 101 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Lavella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lavella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1911–2024 (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 Lavella 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.