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Levin

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Levin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. Its best rank was 936th, in 1889.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
410.00% of boys
Peak year
201160 births
Best rank
#936in 1889
Since 1889
1,651people given the name
Babies named Levin, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,651 boys have been named Levin in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 60 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Levin
1880s6
1890s5
1910s85
1920s98
1930s54
1940s60
1950s63
1960s81
1970s71
1980s106
1990s135
2000s240
2010s435
2020s212

In 2011, its biggest year

Levin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2011 were Jacob, Mason, William, Jayden and Noah. See all of 2011.

Names that rose and fell with Levin

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.