Leviathan — #2295 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Leviathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 821 babies named Leviathan between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leviathan currently holds the #2295 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leviathan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Leviathan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Leviathan in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leviathan 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 821 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.