Levin — #2996 US boys' name
1,651 babies named Levin in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Levin was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Levin in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Levin
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,651 babies named Levin between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Levin currently holds the #2996 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 60 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Levin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 435 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Levin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Levin in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Levin 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 1,651 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.
Levin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Levin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1889
- Peak year (2011)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
Currently ranks #2996 among boys.
1,651 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 60 births in a single year.
Levin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2018 (Levin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Levin accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Levin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 435 births that decade — 26% of Levin's all-time total
Levin decade highlights
- Peak decade 435 births
- Runner-up 240 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Levin's strongest decade
435 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Levin by state
Where Levin concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 54 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 46 | 2.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 10 | 0.6% |
61 of 1,651 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 2.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.7% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% 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, 1889–2024 (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.