Boys' name · since 1917
Leven
235 babies named Leven in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,806 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leven currently ranks #10806 among boys' names in America, with 235 babies recorded since 1917.
Leven has 235 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10806 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #12,025 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,806 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 235 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leven ranks #12,025 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,806 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 235 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,806 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leven's 235 recorded births place it above 73.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leven compares
235 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leven's all-time total is 36% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 235 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leven splits its recorded history at 2012: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leven popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Leven popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2013 (Leven as girls' name)
Leven by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Leven's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Leven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Leven's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
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, 1917–2025 (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 Leven 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.