Laval

Boy · recorded 1921–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Laval.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1921

04719211943196519862008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Laval, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19215
19355
19377
19415
19434
19465
19523
19533
19554
19563
19583
19593
19604
19612
19622
19632
19643
19654
19674
19693
19703
19725
19733
19743
19753
19795
19803
19843
19853
19883
19894
19933
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Laval isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
6
Rank in 2008
#11,037
How rare
1 in 340,025 boys
Since 1921
204

Laval was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1937, at 7 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Laval doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.