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Levon

#1,648 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Leon

Levon has been given to 6,167 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #1,648 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 140 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Levon, 2025

1 in 32,500

Levon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Levon over time

In 2025, Levon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132025

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.

Levon: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Leon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Levon means

Levon is a form of Leon.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Levon → Leon. The family’s meaning is “lion”, recorded in English with the source elements leo.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Leon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,738 boys were recorded with the name Levon between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 140 in 2018; its best national rank was #880 in 1953.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,548 in 2020 to #1,648 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,520 in 2015 to #1,648 in 2025.

In the United States, 429 girls were recorded with the name Levon between 1919 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1955; its best national rank was #2,507 in 1939.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Levon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 32,500
102 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 16,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,648
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
22,530 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Levon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 22,530 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Levon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Levons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Levon was born before 1987 — so the typical Levon is around 38 today.

Median birth year
1987
About 38 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
16.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
35.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,790
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 16.9% of all recorded uses (972).

Is Levon 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
+140
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−100
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−128
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.94×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
72.9%
Peak was 2018 (140)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#880
1953

Spellings of Levon

Levon is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 41.2% against Levon's 0.20%.

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 Levon is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Levon was most concentrated in Vermont — about 1 in 2,778 boys, against 1 in 16,477 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

136 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Vermont1 in 2,778
  2. 2New York1 in 7,692
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 8,333
  4. 4California1 in 9,091
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 9,091
  6. 6Colorado1 in 14,286
  7. 7Ohio1 in 14,286
  8. 8Iowa1 in 25,000

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.

Where Levon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Levon was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 128,748 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 100,000

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. Levon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Levon around the world

Where Levon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • France
    1994–2025
    #1,396
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,331
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1977–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Levon

People whose public names include Levon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Levon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,648
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 100
Best rank ever
#880
1953
Peak year
2018
140 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,738
Count in 2025
102

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,507
1939
Peak year
1955
17 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
429
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Levon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LevyLevinKevonLavonJevonTavonLevieKavonJovonDavonTravonLevLevanLevarJavonJayvonSavonVonDonavonTrevonTevonRayvonLevisLevern

Names with a curve like Levon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Levon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AugustinLucioAbelardoMarcelinoDarellNilesReyesHenriGarethLinoMauroCaesar

Sibling names for Levon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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