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Lavelle

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
la-VEL
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Lavelle is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

Where does Lavelle come from?

Irish: Irish surname, from O Maol Fhabhail

Is Lavelle a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Lavelle has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US.

How popular is Lavelle in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Lavelle, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 4 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2010Busiest: 4 in 20212025
Lavelle in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20230–
20220–
20214#4,188
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20153#4,955
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20103#4,865

How popular is Lavelle in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Lavelle, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the boys named Lavelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1914, 69% of the babies named Lavelle in the US were girls. By 2012 it was 14%, with more boys than girls since 1947.

1913Busiest: 54 in 19892025
Lavelle in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202412#6,827
202315#5,922
202219#5,015
202118#5,105
202010#7,497
201919#4,947
201825#4,090
201717#5,293
201623#4,326
201522#4,405
201423#4,260
201320#4,619
201236#3,113
201125#3,992
201019#4,845
200928#3,719
200830#3,558
200732#3,377
200621#4,366
200533#3,087
200424#3,731
200331#3,040
200218#4,316
200126#3,316
200029#2,987
199917#4,157
199830#2,708
199737#2,257
199632#2,436
199539#2,097
199428#2,613
199336#2,157
199251#1,672
199143#1,817
199046#1,725
198954#1,511
198851#1,477
198733#1,892
198642#1,564
198541#1,568
198431#1,795
198343#1,447
198232#1,773
198137#1,601
198028#1,965
197929#1,867
197835#1,596
197736#1,546
197637#1,469
197543#1,322
197433#1,520
197328#1,653
197245#1,230
197140#1,330
197033#1,461
196927#1,569
196823#1,649
196723#1,608
196625#1,539
196520#1,773
196424#1,614
196318#1,901
196211#2,502
196116#2,069
196021#1,771
195912#2,413
195818#1,895
195713#2,273
195617#1,944
195516#1,978
195417#1,886
195311#2,390
19529#2,678
195111#2,366
19509#2,579
19495#3,688
194810#2,442
194716#1,915
19467#2,918
19458#2,573
19448#2,632
19438#2,731
194215#1,867
194110#2,333
19409#2,478
193910#2,288
193813#1,976
193719#1,576
19368#2,628
19359#2,529
193417#1,725
193312#2,093
193217#1,777
193111#2,327
193017#1,821
192910#2,588
192817#1,902
192715#2,121
192615#2,074
19259#2,934
19249#3,022
192315#2,122
192216#2,039
192112#2,501
192011#2,601
191914#2,151
191814#2,164
191710#2,561
191610#2,542
191519#1,599
191410#2,100
19138#2,091

Names like Lavelle

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lavelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lavelle, updated 20 October 2026.