Levi

#2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births · #12 for boys in 2025, 9,642 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#12
2022 · 9,869 births
Debut · boys
1880
112 births
In top 100 · boys
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
215,013
since 1880

Levi over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,48571#129,642
2024#2,55969#129,555
2023#2,73063#129,399
2022#2,60467#129,869
2021#2,26681#129,559
2020#2,25779#189,098
2019#2,27280#259,066
2018#3,15851#338,540
2017#2,96455#358,478
2016#2,69764#428,118
2015#2,92759#428,337
2014#3,42546#458,081
2013#2,97356#497,449
2012#3,41947#557,244
2011#4,35333#666,661
2010#4,86029#706,027
2009#4,93129#855,026
2008#6,79919#1163,702
2007#8,09815#1313,216
2006#4,95328#1333,030
2005#7,50015#1412,765
2004#4,38731#1532,625
2003#8,50512#1662,374
2002#7,81613#1642,342
2001#7,72413#1712,197
2000#6,48716#1722,200
1999#6,83614#1702,171
1998#8,58410#1582,177
1997#7,74211#1562,225
1996#5,53117#1632,127
1995#10,5147#1542,267
1994#6,67213#1572,105
1993#8,7199#1621,978
1992#6,65213#1661,914
1991#7,98710#1861,725
1990#10,1937#1801,719
1989#6,95511#1691,783
1988#5,32115#1741,611
1987#5,07415#1931,393
1986#5,45913#2091,162
1985#6,03111#2091,146
1984#5,53912#2191,033
1983#5,82411#232961
1982#5,20913#2131,136
1981#5,25413#1821,366
1980#5,24513#2261,057
1979#5,09213#233963
1978#6,9488#326536
1977#9,6525#368445
1976#5,60110#373420
1975#7,9846#395393
1974—#477278
1973—#542207
1972—#549211
1971—#582198
1970—#678147
1969—#685133
1968—#645138
1967—#613150
1966—#610148
1965—#721106
1964—#615162
1963—#631154
1962—#604164
1961—#608170
1960—#587176
1959—#575185
1958—#574182
1957—#579177
1956—#530198
1955—#509208
1954—#496214
1953—#504192
1952—#469218
1951—#444231
1950—#485192
1949—#496177
1948—#486187
1947—#496184
1946—#485174
1945—#444179
1944—#449183
1943—#466177
1942—#457182
1941—#458167
1940—#453164
1939—#442166
1938—#400201
1937—#436168
1936—#430169
1935—#403183
1934—#395196
1933—#418169
1932—#407192
1931—#395202
1930—#421196
1929#4,0536#390222
1928—#434189
1927—#370250
1926—#368251
1925—#392232
1924—#404230
1923—#388233
1922—#369264
1921—#369270
1920—#375255
1919—#334285
1918—#371251
1917—#398203
1916—#377214
1915—#365218
1914—#329193
1913—#353137
1912—#355116
1911—#28187
1910—#29969
1909—#24382
1908—#24575
1907—#26961
1906—#26356
1905—#24663
1904—#22868
1903—#21968
1902—#25055
1901—#26741
1900—#19995
1899—#20863
1898—#22461
1897—#21859
1896—#21968
1895—#19972
1894—#20568
1893—#19375
1892—#19877
1891—#18668
1890—#18074
1889—#15688
1888—#16491
1887—#16875
1886—#13997
1885—#16779
1884—#15091
1883—#15385
1882—#132105
1881—#116104
1880—#118112
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Levi was already there! It came in at #118, and was given to 112 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 56 boys a year got the name.

See more about Levi
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • Held #12 since 2024
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#18 → #12)
  • 30 spots since 2015 (#42 → #12)
  • Biggest jump: 111 spots in 1966 (#721 → #610)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1965 (#615 → #721)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #12 (9,869 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 177
  • Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 2022 were named Levi (0.57%)
  • Latest: 1 in 177 boys born in 2025 (0.56%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.3% of all boys named Levi (78,001) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #116 (1881) → #721 (1965) → #12 (2022)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s927#116 (1881)#146
1890s685#180 (1890)#203
1900s664#199 (1900)#243
1910s1,773#281 (1911)#346
1920s2,396#368 (1926)#386
1930s1,842#395 (1931)#415
1940s1,774#444 (1945)#469
1950s1,997#444 (1951)#517
1960s1,501#587 (1960)#632
1970s3,798#233 (1979)#452
1980s12,648#169 (1989)#203
1990s20,408#154 (1995)#165
2000s29,477#85 (2009)#143
2010s78,001#25 (2019)#46
2020s57,122#12 (2022)#13

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.

Levi in 1997

girls
#7,742
11 births · 1 in 158,246 girls
boys
#156
2,225 births · 1 in 847 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #7,742Levi11

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #156Levi2,225
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 158,246 of them was named Levi, which outranked 52.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levi
  1. #7,283Zenab12
  2. #7,283Zhana12
  3. #7,283Zyria12
  4. #7,742Levi11
  5. #7,742Aalliyah11
  6. #7,742Aashna11
  7. #7,742Abagayle11
  8. #8,334Aailyah10
  9. #8,334Aarin10
  10. #8,334Aariona10

Tied with 591 names at #7,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 847 of them was named Levi, which outranked 98.6% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levi
  1. #153Javier2,291
  2. #153Omar2,291
  3. #155Martin2,230
  4. #156Levi2,225
  5. #157Andres2,202
  6. #158Alan2,177
  7. #159Brady2,162
Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →