girls:
1.6k births since 1903
#4174 (27th percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1913
#2549 (44th percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1903
#4318 (44th percentile)
The name Lavelle is the #4,318 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,038 recorded births since 1903. This represents the 44.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,549 (44.4% percentile) for all time with 2,457 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #4,174 (27.0% percentile) for all time with 1,581 births since 1903.
Lavelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 (1903 for girls and 1913 for boys).
The name Lavelle has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Lavelle were boys. Interestingly, until around 1954, the name was more popular for girls (71.6% girls from 1903 to 1953), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.5% boys from 1954 to 2023).
For boys, Lavelle reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #704) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 27 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Despite a low point around 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Lavelle ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 30.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lavelle reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 8.7% percentile (ranked #527) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 49 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lavelle".
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