Levi Boy
How popular is Levi?
#12 boy name in 2025
9,642 baby boys were named Levi in the US in 2025, making it the 12th most popular boy name. Another 71 girls got the name (#2,485 for girls).
Levi popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #12 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 9,642 boys, 71 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #42 in 2015, #18 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (9,869 boys) |
| Highest rank | #12 in 2021 (5 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Levi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Levi family of names ranked #14 for boys in 2025 (#16 the year before), with 9,738 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Levi | 9,642 | 99% |
| Levy | 96 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Levi is most popular
Babies named Levi per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 13.5 per 1,000 (85 boys)
- Maine: 11.0 per 1,000 (214 boys)
- Wyoming: 10.9 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Alaska: 10.8 per 1,000 (129 boys)
- New Hampshire: 10.7 per 1,000 (237 boys)
Levi by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 927 | #116 |
| 1890s | 685 | #180 |
| 1900s | 664 | #199 |
| 1910s | 1,773 | #281 |
| 1920s | 2,396 | #368 |
| 1930s | 1,842 | #395 |
| 1940s | 1,774 | #444 |
| 1950s | 1,997 | #443 |
| 1960s | 1,501 | #586 |
| 1970s | 3,798 | #233 |
| 1980s | 12,648 | #169 |
| 1990s | 20,408 | #154 |
| 2000s | 29,477 | #85 |
| 2010s | 78,001 | #25 |
| 2020s | 57,122 | #12 |
Boy names about as popular as Levi
Questions
- Is Levi a boy or girl name?
- Levi is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Levi were boys.
- How popular is the name Levi?
- 9,642 baby boys were named Levi in the US in 2025, making it the 12th most popular boy name. Another 71 girls got the name (#2,485 for girls).
- When was Levi most popular?
- Levi peaked in 2022, when 9,869 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #12, held for 5 years starting in 2021.
- How many people are named Levi?
- 216,440 babies have been named Levi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 203,929 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Levi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Levi was most common in Vermont, at 13.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.