Leven — #5678 US boys' name
229 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.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Leven was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Leven in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leven
The Social Security Administration has registered 229 babies named Leven between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leven currently holds the #5678 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leven performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leven shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leven 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 229 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.
Leven at a glance
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Current rank
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Leven popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2018)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #5678 among boys.
229 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 25 births in a single year.
Leven popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2013 (Leven as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Leven accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 94 births that decade — 41% of Leven's all-time total
Leven decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leven's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1917–2024 (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.