Laverle — unisex name
191 babies named Laverle in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Laverle was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Laverle in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laverle
The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Laverle between 1915 and 1950, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laverle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Laverle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1930.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laverle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Laverle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laverle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laverle 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 191 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.
Laverle at a glance
Last recorded 1950Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laverle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1915
- Peak year (1925)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1950.
191 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 11 births in a single year.
Laverle popularity over time — boys
13 total births recorded since 1930 (Laverle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Laverle accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Laverle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 88 births that decade — 46% of Laverle's all-time total
Laverle decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Laverle's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Laverle by state
Where Laverle concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 191 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–1950 (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.