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Lavell

#7,460 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Lavell has been given to 3,285 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #7,460 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1985, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Lavell, 2025

1 in 301,000

Lavell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lavell over time

In 2025, Lavell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lavell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lavell means

Lavell is a given name.

The naming story behind Lavell

Wikidata records Lavell as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q55559953, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,958 boys were recorded with the name Lavell between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 1985; its best national rank was #1,175 in 1968.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,873 in 2020 to #7,460 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,194 in 2015 to #7,460 in 2025.

In the United States, 327 girls were recorded with the name Lavell between 1913 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1920; its best national rank was #2,413 in 1920.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lavell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,460
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lavell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lavell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lavells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lavell was born before 1984 — so the typical Lavell is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
15.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
25.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,532
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 15.4% of all recorded uses (455).

Is Lavell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+618
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,587
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,266
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.0%
Peak was 1985 (58)
Years since peak
40
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,175
1968

Spellings of Lavell

Lavell is not the most common spelling — Lowell is, with 46.0% against Lavell's 3.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lavell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lavell was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 73,671 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 20,000
  2. 2California1 in 50,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 100,000
  4. 4Missouri1 in 100,000
  5. 5Arkansas1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Mississippi1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lavell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lavell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lavell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,434,088 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lavell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lavell around the world

Where Lavell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    1991–1991
    #481
    in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lavell

People whose public names include Lavell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lavell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,460
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,587
Best rank ever
#1,175
1968
Peak year
1985
58 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,958
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,413
1920
Peak year
1920
15 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1986
All-time count
327
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lavell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LavelleLavarLavernJarellLavonTerellLovellHowellLavonteJamellLydellJewellDonellJerellRonellDarellMikellPowellRomellWindellPernellRondellMartellCardell

Names with a curve like Lavell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lavell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RondellCorwinChristosEsequielRoqueVidalHomeroTitoLamarrPhilippeMarcialFransisco

Sibling names for Lavell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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