Levester — boys' name

What the Data Says About Levester

The Social Security Administration has registered 838 babies named Levester between 1915 and 2001, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Levester currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Levester performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Levester shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Levester in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Levester 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 838 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.