Lavelle
Lavelle was given to 12 boys in 2025, #7,033 among boys’ names; 4,069 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,440 Americans named Lavelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 27 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lavelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lavelle?
#7,033 among boys’ names, 2025
Lavelle fell from #4,483 in 2015 to #7,033 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.5 to 7.0 per million.
65 babies in 1917, the peak
Lavelle peaked in 1917, when 65 babies were given it (10 boys, #2,644 among boys’ names). The 12 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 12 | #7,033 | |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,703 | 12 | #7,083 |
| 2023 | under 5 | 15 | #6,094 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 19 | #5,136 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 18 | #5,251 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 10 | #7,843 | |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,944 | 19 | #5,067 |
| 2018 | under 5 | 25 | #4,159 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 17 | #5,428 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 23 | #4,416 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 22 | #4,483 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 23 | #4,332 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 20 | #4,730 | |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,035 | 36 | #3,145 |
| 2011 | under 5 | 25 | #4,054 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 19 | #4,956 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 28 | #3,779 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 30 | #3,611 | |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,248 | 32 | #3,409 |
| 2006 | under 5 | 21 | #4,441 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 33 | #3,131 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 24 | #3,810 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 31 | #3,077 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 18 | #4,414 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 26 | #3,370 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 29 | #3,037 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 17 | #4,252 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 30 | #2,752 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 37 | #2,287 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 32 | #2,458 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 39 | #2,121 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 28 | #2,655 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 36 | #2,184 | |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,142 | 51 | #1,683 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,385 | 43 | #1,846 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,767 | 46 | #1,740 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,564 | 54 | #1,523 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,853 | 51 | #1,489 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 33 | #1,918 | |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,241 | 42 | #1,574 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 41 | #1,580 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 31 | #1,818 | |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,470 | 43 | #1,459 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,752 | 32 | #1,798 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,313 | 37 | #1,620 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,649 | 28 | #1,987 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,544 | 29 | #1,890 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,331 | 35 | #1,610 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,087 | 36 | #1,560 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,337 | 37 | #1,484 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,465 | 43 | #1,332 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,013 | 33 | #1,534 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,710 | 28 | #1,680 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,421 | 45 | #1,241 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,700 | 40 | #1,343 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,618 | 33 | #1,480 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,593 | 27 | #1,587 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,621 | 23 | #1,669 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,264 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,082 | 25 | #1,560 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,340 | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,764 | 24 | #1,639 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,409 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,103 | 11 | #2,597 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,535 | 16 | #2,108 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,589 | 21 | #1,796 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,718 | 12 | #2,483 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,071 | 18 | #1,931 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,403 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,320 | 17 | #1,988 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,929 | 16 | #2,015 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,923 | 17 | #1,930 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,819 | 11 | #2,465 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,988 | 9 | #2,791 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,394 | 11 | #2,440 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,153 | 9 | #2,685 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,926 | 5 | #3,994 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,059 | 10 | #2,539 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,836 | 16 | #1,956 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,540 | 7 | #3,054 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,022 | 8 | #2,663 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,704 | 8 | #2,758 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,040 | 8 | #2,852 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,738 | 15 | #1,913 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,990 | 10 | #2,419 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,931 | 9 | #2,588 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,448 | 10 | #2,371 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,460 | 13 | #2,045 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,402 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,401 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,289 | 9 | #2,632 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,579 | 17 | #1,759 |
| 1933 | 43 | #1,067 | 12 | #2,163 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,788 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,526 | 11 | #2,401 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,359 | 17 | #1,865 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,322 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,106 | 17 | #1,937 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,438 | 15 | #2,158 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,252 | 15 | #2,140 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,128 | 9 | #3,042 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,311 | 9 | #3,141 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,317 | 15 | #2,181 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,149 | 16 | #2,103 |
| 1921 | 50 | #1,077 | 12 | #2,567 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,219 | 11 | #2,686 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,186 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,141 | 14 | #2,222 |
| 1917 | 55 | #940 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,075 | 10 | #2,647 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,180 | 19 | #1,633 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,367 | 10 | #2,199 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,332 | 8 | #2,177 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,095 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,676 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,385 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,418 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,977 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,177 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,643 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,088 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,567 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,384 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lavelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,069 Americans recorded as Lavelle, 39% are girls and 61% boys. In 2025 it went to 12 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lavelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lavelle, and how old are they?
2,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 4,069 Americans ever recorded as Lavelle. The median Lavelle alive today is 42 years old; half are between 27 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 2,053 people named Lavelle (623 women and girls, 1,430 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,562 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 148 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 333 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 606 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 665 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 440 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 246 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lavelle born?
The states with the most babies named Lavelle are Ohio, Illinois and California, with 58% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 215 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 162 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 125 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 100 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Mississippi | 74 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Oregon | 72 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| New York | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 21 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Arkansas | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Lavelle is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lavelle is most over-represented in Ohio: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lavelle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 4,250 babies since 1880, Lavelle is the most given (96% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lavelle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lavelle and names like it
- Compare Lavelle and LavalleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLavelle peaked in 1917.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lavelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Lavelle.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Lavelle alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.