Levon
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422 · #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 67 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,738since 1913
Levon over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,644 | 102 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,776 | 92 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,681 | 101 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,532 | 117 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,577 | 110 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,539 | 107 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,441 | 121 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,299 | 140 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,478 | 114 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,491 | 114 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,514 | 109 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,526 | 105 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,675 | 89 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,697 | 89 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,401 | 53 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,104 | 65 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,304 | 56 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,449 | 50 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,701 | 40 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,452 | 45 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,470 | 42 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,988 | 30 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,824 | 54 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,680 | 61 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,836 | 51 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,842 | 49 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,603 | 57 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,689 | 53 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,539 | 59 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,382 | 67 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,482 | 59 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,294 | 73 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,205 | 79 | |
| 1988 | — | #961 | 100 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,040 | 84 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,269 | 58 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,304 | 54 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,123 | 65 |
| 1983 | — | #1,120 | 64 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,278 | 53 | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #1,084 | 70 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1979 | — | #1,044 | 71 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,057 | 68 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,071 | 65 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,099 | 58 |
| 1974 | — | #1,171 | 50 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #1,147 | 51 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #1,177 | 48 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,272 | 43 |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,396 | 33 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #1,137 | 46 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,115 | 49 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #944 | 64 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #1,083 | 49 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #933 | 64 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #946 | 61 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #878 | 67 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #1,166 | 40 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #885 | 60 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #958 | 52 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #954 | 53 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #1,053 | 47 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #935 | 51 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | — | #1,110 | 38 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,085 | 35 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #957 | 43 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,356 | 24 |
| 1935 | — | #1,194 | 31 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | — | #1,933 | 16 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Levon! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Levon is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#435 · 1 in 4,287
- New York#780 · 1 in 12,564
- Illinois#888 · 1 in 16,341
- California#1,078 · 1 in 21,705
- Texas#1,317 · 1 in 28,686
Best ever in a state: #116 in Vermont, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #435 | 5 | 1 in 4,287 |
| New York | #780 | 10 | 1 in 12,564 |
| Illinois | #888 | 5 | 1 in 16,341 |
| California | #1,078 | 11 | 1 in 21,705 |
| Texas | #1,317 | 5 | 1 in 28,686 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Levon
- 132 spots since 2024 (#1,776 → #1,644)
- 105 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #1,644)
- 130 spots since 2015 (#1,514 → #1,644)
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1937 (#1,356 → #957)
- Biggest drop: 333 spots in 1958 (#944 → #1,277)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1953 at #878 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1948–1951
- Highest: 1 in 12,973 boys born in 2018 were named Levon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #878 in 1953, was only 1 in 29,437 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.9% of all boys named Levon (972) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 79 | #1,624 (1919) | #2,403 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,692 (1927) | #1,981 |
| 1930s | 304 | #957 (1937) | #1,250 |
| 1940s | 395 | #935 (1946) | #1,106 |
| 1950s | 544 | #878 (1953) | #1,022 |
| 1960s | 368 | #1,078 (1961) | #1,318 |
| 1970s | 540 | #1,044 (1979) | #1,166 |
| 1980s | 689 | #961 (1988) | #1,154 |
| 1990s | 583 | #1,294 (1990) | #1,617 |
| 2000s | 465 | #2,087 (2000) | #2,459 |
| 2010s | 972 | #1,299 (2018) | #1,744 |
| 2020s | 629 | #1,532 (2022) | #1,625 |
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.
Levon in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 22,226 of them was named Levon, which outranked 87.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,030Kevan85
- #1,030Lamarcus85
- #1,030Russel85
- #1,040Levon84
- #1,040Alden84
- #1,040Jamarcus84
- #1,040Luciano84
- #1,047Arsenio83
- #1,047Horace83
- #1,047Jabari83
Tied with 6 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.