Levert
Masculine · “A French surname”
Levert is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 588 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Levert is a French surname used as a boy's first name. Its letters read as le vert, the green, and in music it belongs to a father and sons.
How old is the name Levert?
Levert first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Levert alive today was born around 1951, making them about 74 years old. About 300 people named Levert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Levert most popular?
Levert peaked in 1939, reaching #1795 nationally. See the whole 1939 chart.
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Where it comes from
From le vert to Levert
The story of Levert
Levert splits cleanly into French le vert, 'the green', and French surnames of this kind often began as nicknames or as the name of a place. Eddie Levert sang lead for the O'Jays on 'Love Train' and 'Back Stabbers', and his sons Gerald and Sean formed a group of their own and called it LeVert. As a first name it was given almost entirely to boys, with a few girls.
Meaningscholars disagree
A French surname, perhaps 'the green'
Levert is a French surname that reads as le vert, 'the green', perhaps for someone who lived by a green or wore green; the reason is not recorded.
How the name formed
- le vert
- Levert
Related forms: Levert
Pronouncing Levert
luh-VURT
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Levert
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 198819 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1795reached in 1939
- Change vs 2001
- −16.7%5 in 2004, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Levert in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Levert in French — same name
Leverts among us
people named Levert are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Levert sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real surname with a clear look.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- Tied to a great soul family.
- People will write Lavert or Levért.
- Some will say it the French way, luh-VAIR.
- It may be taken for a surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leverts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Levert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Levert in 2025?
- Levert is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Levert with classmates?
- Levert will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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