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

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Peak · boys
1955 · 61 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,901
since 1912

Levern over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #2,199, 1944peak #957, 1955girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2003#9,5816
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1995#7,7926
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1993#6,8167
1992
1991#8,2365
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1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
1986#4,8538
1985#5,1477
1984#4,9737
1983#4,9077
1982#4,5938
1981#4,5098
1980#4,9407
1979#4,8427
1978#4,1578
1977#4,1648
1976#2,60116
1975#5,4645
1974#2,94612
1973#3,6948
1972#3,3449
1971#2,20318
1970#2,39915
1969#2,86110
1968#1,89418
1967#1,97416
1966#6,5645#2,13214
1965#5,8176#1,59524
1964#1,85019
1963#5,8916#1,83919
1962#1,45429
1961#4,00911#1,34935
1960#4,18410#1,27338
1959#5,0317#1,10149
1958#2,75518#1,14845
1957#3,15014#1,06351
1956#4,1619#1,03253
1955#4,7407#95761
1954#4,6557#96359
1953#3,10613#1,04648
1952#4,4837#1,02749
1951#3,7149#1,00549
1950#3,23511#1,08642
1949#3,17611#1,07243
1948#3,5939#1,07943
1947#4,3457#1,19037
1946#3,9947#1,29929
1945#4,5565#1,29626
1944#2,19916#1,31126
1943#4,6915#1,03742
1942#4,6225#1,31628
1941#3,0309#1,10835
1940#2,9639#1,36824
1939#3,4297#1,32325
1938#2,9409#1,39723
1937#3,4347#1,23329
1936#2,8579#1,16932
1935#2,9269#1,24729
1934#2,9239#1,29327
1933#4,2185#1,31026
1932#2,64411#1,19832
1931#3,2268#1,64319
1930#3,6587#1,46325
1929#3,6827#1,33928
1928#3,7437#1,29331
1927#3,5618#2,29813
1926#2,70812#1,24234
1925#3,11610#1,49325
1924#5,0615#1,32931
1923#3,6418#1,15738
1922#2,04016
1921#3,4009#1,64822
1920#1,45726
1919#1,53123
1918#4,2916#2,07315
1917#4,0836#2,28012
1916#1,69818
1915#1,87815
1914#1,86812
1913#2,4966
1912#1,8858
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First appearance
1912

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.

See more about Levern
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1955 at #957 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1954–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,845
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Levern (506) were born in this decade
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s109#1,531 (1919)#1,964
1920s264#1,157 (1923)#1,530
1930s267#1,169 (1936)#1,328
1940s333#1,037 (1943)#1,208
1950s506#957 (1955)#1,043
1960s222#1,273 (1960)#1,822
1970s106#2,203 (1971)#3,581
1980s70#4,509 (1981)#5,338
1990s18#6,816 (1993)#7,615
2000s6#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 1955

girls
#4,740
7 births · 1 in 279,325 girls
boys
#957
61 births · 1 in 33,769 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #4,740Levern7

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #957Levern61
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 279,325 of them was named Levern, which outranked 29.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levern
  1. #4,376Yulanda8
  2. #4,376Zelia8
  3. #4,376Zula8
  4. #4,740Levern7
  5. #4,740Adelene7
  6. #4,740Adriann7
  7. #4,740Adrianna7
  8. #5,208Abra6
  9. #5,208Adah6
  10. #5,208Adonica6

Tied with 467 names at #4,740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 33,769 of them was named Levern, which outranked 78.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levern
  1. #949Giles62
  2. #949Jude62
  3. #949Randolf62
  4. #957Levern61
  5. #957Arden61
  6. #957Dann61
  7. #957Daryle61
  8. #971Abe60
  9. #971Allyn60
  10. #971Clarke60

Tied with 13 names at #957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955