Levis — #12417 US boys' name
273 babies named Levis in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Levis was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Levis in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Levis
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Levis between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Levis currently holds the #12417 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Levis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1917.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Levis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Levis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Levis 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 273 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.
Levis at a glance
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Current rank
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Levis popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1938)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #12417 among boys.
273 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 12 births in a single year.
Levis popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1917 (Levis as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Levis accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Levis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 64 births that decade — 23% of Levis's all-time total
Levis decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Levis's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2024 (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.