Unisex name · since 1914
Levis
Levis has 278 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1938 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,054 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,103 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 278
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Levis currently ranks #12103 among unisex names in America, with 278 babies recorded since 1914.
Levis has 278 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12103 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #11,054 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,103 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 278 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Levis ranks #11,054 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,103 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 278 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,054 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,103 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 278
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Levis's 278 recorded births place it above 75.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Levis compares
278 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Levis's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Levis | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 278 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Levis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Levis's full recorded timeline at 1943, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1938 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Levis popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1938)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Levis popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 1917 (Levis as girls' name)
Levis by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (64 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Levis's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Levis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
64 births
- 1930s
1930s
49 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 64 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Levis's data
- Levis's decade-level peak was the 1920s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Levis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~111 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Levis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.