Levern
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Levern has been given to 2,283 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1955, with 61 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.
Babies named Levern, 2003
1 in 634,000
Levern over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Levern over time
In 2003, Levern went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Levern?
Levern had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2003
- 1 in 634,000
- 6 of 3,801,425 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 329,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2003
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 439,159 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Levern sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 439,159 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Levern. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Leverns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Levern was born before 1949 — so the typical Levern is around 76 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 26.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 5.3%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 928
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 26.6% of all recorded uses (506).
Is Levern rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1955 (61)
- Years since peak
- 70
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.6% average annual change
Spellings of Levern
Levern is not the most common spelling — Laverne is, with 15.4% against Levern's 2.2%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Levern is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Levern was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 4,000 boys, against 1 in 20,078 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1South Carolina1 in 4,000
- 2North Carolina1 in 50,000
- 3Arkansas1 in —
- 4Minnesota1 in —
- 5Mississippi1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Levern has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Levern is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Levern was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 411,993 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Levern has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Levern by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Levern
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Levern
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.