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Lavelle

#7,033 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Lavelle has been given to 4,069 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #7,033 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 54 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Lavelle, 2025

1 in 276,000

Lavelle 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lavelle over time

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

19032025

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.

Lavelle: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lavelle means

Lavelle is a given name.

The naming story behind Lavelle

Wikidata records Lavelle as a given name. The entity identifier is Q121422485, 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, 2,481 boys were recorded with the name Lavelle between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 54 in 1989; its best national rank was #1,241 in 1972.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,843 in 2020 to #7,033 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,483 in 2015 to #7,033 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,588 girls were recorded with the name Lavelle between 1903 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 55 in 1917; its best national rank was #940 in 1917.

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 Lavelle?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,033
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lavelle 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lavelle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lavelles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lavelle was born before 1983 — so the typical Lavelle is around 42 today.

Median birth year
1983
About 42 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
15.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,038
People you could plausibly meet
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1980s — 15.8% of all recorded uses (392).

Is Lavelle 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
+50
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+810
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,550
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.55×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.2%
Peak was 1989 (54)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,241
1972

Spellings of Lavelle

Lavelle is not the most common spelling — Laverne is, with 53.6% against Lavelle's 10.0%.

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 Lavelle is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lavelle was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 117,865 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 33,333
  2. 2Illinois1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 100,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 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. Lavelle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lavelle is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lavelle was most concentrated in Oregon — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 139,749 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oregon1 in 20,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 33,333
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6California1 in —
  7. 7Tennessee1 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. Lavelle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lavelle around the world

Where Lavelle 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
    2010–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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.

Lavelle by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,033
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 810
Best rank ever
#1,241
1972
Peak year
1989
54 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,481
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#940
1917
Peak year
1917
55 that year
First recorded
1903
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,588
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lavelle

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

LavalleLavonteLavellNevilleLavarCamilleLavernLavonTyrelleJamelleLavontaeLaverneLavaughnAchilleLavontaMelvilleDanielleMichelleLavanceGranvilleJoelleMarcelleShaquilleArville

Names with a curve like Lavelle

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

FelicianoJensEsequielMarcialLauroRondellCorwinTitoLamarrFilibertoRoqueGorge

Sibling names for Lavelle

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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