Levar
- Last seen for girls in 1977 at #6,340
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Around 1977: LeVar Burton in Roots (TV)
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 523 births
- Debut · boys
- 523 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,017since 1977
Levar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Levar has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,524 | 29 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,615 | 26 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,793 | 17 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,847 | 34 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,591 | 21 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,750 | 28 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,949 | 33 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,259 | 60 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,123 | 65 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,429 | 44 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,539 | 40 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,125 | 66 | |
| 1980 | — | #911 | 95 | |
| 1979 | — | #644 | 175 | |
| 1978 | — | #513 | 254 | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #342 | 523 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Levar! It came in at #342, and was given to 523 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Levar is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Levar in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Levar
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1980
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1977 at #342 (523 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1977–1980
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,142
- Highest: 1 in 3,142 boys born in 1977 were named Levar (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 47.2% of all boys named Levar (952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 952 | #342 (1977) | #500 |
| 1980s | 500 | #911 (1980) | #1,517 |
| 1990s | 190 | #2,628 (1990) | #3,676 |
| 2000s | 236 | #2,674 (2000) | #4,236 |
| 2010s | 117 | #4,509 (2011) | #7,234 |
| 2020s | 22 | #6,620 (2020) | #10,365 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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