Levan vs Levern
American parents have registered 2,283 Leverns since 1880, against 605 Levans. But in 2025 it was Levan that was commoner, 8 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Levan Levern
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 102 years in which either name was published, Levern for 73 years and Levan for 29 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1912–1971 Levern ahead
- 1977–1980 Levan ahead
- 1981–1986 Levern ahead
- 1987–2025 Levan ahead, apart from 2 short spells
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Levan | Levern | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 605 | 2,283 |
| Most in one year | 14 | 68 |
| Babies in 2025 | 8 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 400 | 1,100 |
| Median age today | 48 | 69 |
| Peak year | 1978 | 1955 |
| Best rank | 2,929th boys | 957th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,910th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1916 | 1912 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 605 | 382 / 1,901 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Leverns alive today are over 69; half the Levans are over 48. That is 21 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Levan and Levern.