Levern
Last seen for girls in 1966 at #6,564 · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #9,581
Given to boys 83.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1955 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,901since 1912
Levern over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
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| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #1,595 | 24 |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | — | #1,454 | 29 | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,273 | 38 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #1,063 | 51 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #1,032 | 53 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #957 | 61 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #963 | 59 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,316 | 28 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #1,198 | 32 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Levern! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Levern is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#176 · 1 in 1,120
- North Carolina#475 · 1 in 7,876
Best ever in a state: #158 in South Carolina, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #176 | 28 | 1 in 1,120 |
| North Carolina | #475 | 7 | 1 in 7,876 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Levern
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1954 (#1,046 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 75 spots in 1956 (#957 → #1,032)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1955 at #957 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1954–1955
- Highest: 1 in 28,845 boys born in 1923 were named Levern (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 329,225 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #957 in 1955, was only 1 in 33,769 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.6% of all boys named Levern (506) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 109 | #1,531 (1919) | #1,964 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,157 (1923) | #1,530 |
| 1930s | 267 | #1,169 (1936) | #1,328 |
| 1940s | 333 | #1,037 (1943) | #1,208 |
| 1950s | 506 | #957 (1955) | #1,043 |
| 1960s | 222 | #1,273 (1960) | #1,822 |
| 1970s | 106 | #2,203 (1971) | #3,581 |
| 1980s | 70 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,338 |
| 1990s | 18 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,615 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,581 (2003) | #9,581 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Levern in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 277,416 of them was named Levern, which outranked 29.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 34,555 of them was named Levern, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #952Lucius60
- #952Meredith60
- #952Parker60
- #963Levern59
- #963Carleton59
- #963Howell59
- #963Jonas59
- #973Abe58
- #973Antony58
- #973Aron58
Tied with 9 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.