Levern — boys' name
1,901 babies named Levern in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Levern was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Levern in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Levern
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,901 babies named Levern between 1912 and 2003, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Levern currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 61 babies received it in a single year. Levern is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 382 additional births since 1917.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Levern performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 506 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Levern shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 633 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Levern in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Levern 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 1,901 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.
Levern at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Levern popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1912
- Peak year (1955)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
1,901 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 61 births in a single year.
Levern popularity over time — girls
382 total births recorded since 1917 (Levern as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Levern accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Levern by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 506 births that decade — 27% of Levern's all-time total
Levern decade highlights
- Peak decade 506 births
- Runner-up 333 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Levern's strongest decade
506 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Levern by state
Where Levern concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 633 | 33.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 77 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.3% |
633 of 1,901 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 33.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.1% of nationwide
- Minnesota 0.6% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.3% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 33.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1912–2003 (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.