Levar — boys' name
2,017 babies named Levar in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Levar was born in this single decade.
523 babies were named Levar in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Levar
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,017 babies named Levar between 1977 and 2022, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Levar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 523 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Levar performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 952 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Levar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 280 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Levar in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Levar 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 2,017 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.
Levar at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Levar popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 523
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
2,017 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 523 births in a single year.
Levar popularity over time — girls
9 total births recorded since 1977 (Levar as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Levar accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Levar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 952 births that decade — 47% of Levar's all-time total
Levar decade highlights
- Peak decade 952 births
- Runner-up 500 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Levar's strongest decade
952 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Levar by state
Where Levar concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 280 | 13.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 121 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 71 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 70 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 64 | 3.2% |
| #6 | California | | 61 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 60 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Texas | | 60 | 3.0% |
280 of 2,017 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.0% of nationwide
- Virginia 3.5% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Levar appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1977–2022 (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.