Leva — #12136 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leva

The Social Security Administration has registered 816 babies named Leva between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leva currently holds the #12136 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Leva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Leva in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leva 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 816 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.