Levy

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · #1,699 for boys in 2025, 96 births
Given to boys 92.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1894 · 15 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,915
since 1880

Levy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #1,147, 1887peak #521, 1894girlsboys
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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#4,54630#1,69996
2024#3,51644#1,83388
2023#3,52544#2,07871
2022#3,89338#1,79291
2021#3,15751#1,635102
2020#4,45330#1,70791
2019#5,98620#2,42155
2018#6,52118#2,12266
2017#7,09216#2,21760
2016#7,60215#2,30557
2015#11,8358#2,60047
2014#16,5135#2,51649
2013#2,80441
2012#9,10912#2,63246
2011#2,54748
2010#3,18135
2009#3,47631
2008#3,56130
2007#4,12724
2006#17,1685#3,22733
2005#3,31930
2004#3,45627
2003#4,61617
2002#3,34926
2001#3,14328
2000#3,92220
1999#3,27924
1998#3,39022
1997#3,87717
1996#2,74727
1995#4,05215
1994#3,10922
1993#2,57728
1992#2,59927
1991#3,22419
1990#2,95221
1989#2,78422
1988#2,19728
1987#2,64120
1986#2,89117
1985#2,50420
1984#2,23223
1983#2,67617
1982#2,59618
1981#2,20423
1980#2,11025
1979#2,66917
1978#2,92914
1977#2,66516
1976#1,93225
1975#2,54016
1974#2,54915
1973#2,85712
1972#2,24317
1971#2,68613
1970#2,50914
1969#1,97718
1968#2,44512
1967#1,60923
1966#2,04315
1965#1,91817
1964#1,79320
1963#1,90218
1962#2,11715
1961#1,82320
1960#1,77221
1959#1,58825
1958#1,67722
1957#1,95217
1956#1,44329
1955#1,64622
1954#1,62822
1953#1,63022
1952#1,32332
1951#1,34430
1950#1,27232
1949#1,12839
1948#1,65620
1947#1,51924
1946#1,69218
1945#1,29626
1944#1,28227
1943#1,17034
1942#1,62919
1941#1,44622
1940#1,39723
1939#1,45821
1938#1,14932
1937#1,26528
1936#1,41722
1935#1,04038
1934#1,55120
1933#1,58619
1932#1,38725
1931#1,06540
1930#1,33029
1929#1,23732
1928#1,14738
1927#1,19836
1926#1,05044
1925#1,07342
1924#1,15239
1923#1,08743
1922#94954
1921#1,02646
1920#97550
1919#93851
1918#93351
1917#1,06239
1916#1,15732
1915#96242
1914#1,15325
1913#1,11221
1912#89225
1911#73219
1910#67719
1909#1,0209
1908#87710
1907#54020
1906#64014
1905#8369
1904#8748
1903#8468
1902#7949
1901#68310
1900#60317
1899#8577
1898#70110
1897#55614
1896#67411
1895#52915
1894#52115
1893#1,0355
1892#54714
1891#7667
1890#53313
1889#7228
1888#55413
1887#1,1475#7527
1886#6479
1885#7008
1884#7647
1883#7207
1882#6529
1881#7067
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Levy was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Levy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 134 spots since 2024 (#1,833#1,699)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#1,707#1,699)
  • 901 spots since 2015 (#2,600#1,699)
  • Biggest jump: 514 spots in 1894 (#1,035#521)
  • Biggest drop: 488 spots in 1893 (#547#1,035)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #521 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1894–1908
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,341
  • Highest: 1 in 7,341 boys born in 1907 were named Levy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,792 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #521 in 1894, was only 1 in 7,718 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 13.8% of all boys named Levy (539) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s81#554 (1888)#703
1890s111#521 (1894)#672
1900s114#540 (1907)#771
1910s324#677 (1910)#962
1920s424#949 (1922)#1,089
1930s274#1,040 (1935)#1,325
1940s252#1,128 (1949)#1,422
1950s253#1,272 (1950)#1,550
1960s179#1,609 (1967)#1,940
1970s159#1,932 (1976)#2,558
1980s213#2,110 (1980)#2,484
1990s222#2,577 (1993)#3,181
2000s266#3,143 (2001)#3,620
2010s504#2,122 (2018)#2,535
2020s539#1,635 (2021)#1,791

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.

Levy in 1893

boys
#1,035
5 births · 1 in 22,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #1,035Levy5
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 22,464 of them was named Levy, which outranked 12.2% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Levy
  1. #907Zeb6
  2. #907Zeno6
  3. #907Zollie6
  4. #1,035Levy5
  5. #1,035Addie5
  6. #1,035Adelard5
  7. #1,035Adolfo5

Tied with 144 names at #1,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893