Leviathan
Boy · luh-VY-uh-thun · Hebrew
Leviathan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “twisted, coiled”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Leviathan mean?
Hebrew: biblical sea monster, from Hebrew livyatan
“twisted, coiled”
Leviathan is a great sea monster in the Hebrew Bible, and the title of Thomas Hobbes's 1651 book on the state.
- Say it
- luh-VY-uh-thun
Is Leviathan a girl's or a boy's name?
Leviathan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leviathan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Leviathan, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,758th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer boys named Leviathan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Leviathan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leviathan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,288 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 76 | #1,963 |
| 2020 | 87 | #1,758 |
| 2019 | 75 | #1,953 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
Nicknames for Leviathan
- Levi 568 boys in the UK in 2025
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