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
2022 · 9,869 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 2015

girls
#2,927
59 births · 1 in 30,256 girls
boys
#42
8,337 births · 1 in 230 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #2,927Levi59

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #42Levi8,337
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 30,256 of them was named Levi, which outranked 84.7% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levi
  1. #2,890Tylee60
  2. #2,890Verity60
  3. #2,890Winry60
  4. #2,927Levi59
  5. #2,927Ailin59
  6. #2,927Aleida59
  7. #2,927Alycia59
  8. #2,964Aariyah58
  9. #2,964Amila58
  10. #2,964Arleen58

Tied with 36 names at #2,927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 230 of them was named Levi, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levi
  1. #39Ryan8,548
  2. #40Jack8,514
  3. #41Hunter8,367
  4. #42Levi8,337
  5. #43Christian8,220
  6. #44Jaxon8,082
  7. #45Julian8,064
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015