Boys' name · since 1912
Leavy
Leavy has 169 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,991 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 169
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leavy sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 169 recorded since 1912.
Leavy has 169 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1977.
- #13,991 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 169 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leavy ranks #13,991 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 169 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,991 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 169
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leavy's 169 recorded births place it above 69.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Leavy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leavy's full recorded timeline at 1932, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leavy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1977
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Leavy popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1912 (Leavy as girls' name)
Leavy by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (56 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Leavy's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Leavy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
56 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 56 births (33% of all-time use).
Leavy by state
Where Leavy concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 7 | 4.1% |
7 of 169 births nationwide.
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- Leavy's decade-level peak was the 1920s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Leavys (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leavy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.