Leverne — boys' name
985 babies named Leverne in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Leverne was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Leverne in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leverne
The Social Security Administration has registered 985 babies named Leverne between 1913 and 1982, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leverne currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Leverne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 487 additional births since 1915.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leverne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leverne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Leverne in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leverne 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 985 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.
Leverne at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leverne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1913
- Peak year (1918)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
985 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 27 births in a single year.
Leverne popularity over time — girls
487 total births recorded since 1915 (Leverne as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Leverne accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leverne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 215 births that decade — 22% of Leverne's all-time total
Leverne decade highlights
- Peak decade 215 births
- Runner-up 186 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Leverne's strongest decade
215 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Leverne by state
Where Leverne concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 94 | 9.5% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.5% |
94 of 985 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 9.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.1% of nationwide
- Minnesota 1.5% of nationwide
- Iowa 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1913–1982 (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.