Leavitt — boys' name
16 babies named Leavitt in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Leavitt since 1923, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 16
- total births
- 1923–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Leavitt was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Leavitt in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leavitt
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Leavitt between 1923 and 2023, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leavitt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leavitt performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Leavitt shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leavitt in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leavitt at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leavitt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1923
- Peak year (2023)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
16 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 6 births in a single year.
Leavitt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Leavitt's all-time total
Leavitt decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Leavitt's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.