Leviathan
Leviathan was the 2964th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1761st with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 217 places. More babies were named Leviathan in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,964 boys, down 1,203 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202087 babies
- Total since 1880
- 863babies recorded
Leviathan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,964 | 42 |
| 2020 | #1,761 | 87 |
| 2010 | #6,583 | 13 |
| 2000 | #11,473 | 5 |
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How popular is Leviathan, counting every spelling?
Leviathan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Leviathan?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leviathan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Leviathan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leviathan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leviathan?
About 900 people born in the US named Leviathan are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Leviathan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Leviathan by state
How common Leviathan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Leviathan
How popular is the name Leviathan?
Leviathan was the 2964th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1761st with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 217 places. More babies were named Leviathan in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Leviathan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Leviathan in the US.
Where is Leviathan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Leviathan was most common in Missouri (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio.