Lev
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #999 for boys in 2025, 227 births
- Given to boys 97.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 227 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,999since 1971
Lev over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lev has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #999 | 227 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,035 | 215 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,088 | 197 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #1,015 | 219 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,054 | 203 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #1,109 | 178 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #1,004 | 208 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #1,077 | 184 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,293 | 140 |
| 2016 | — | #1,208 | 156 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,287 | 138 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,473 | 110 |
| 2013 | — | #1,578 | 98 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,891 | 76 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,866 | 75 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #1,986 | 69 |
| 2009 | — | #2,252 | 58 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,744 | 42 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
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| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
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| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
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| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Lev! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lev is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New York#407 · 1 in 2,010
- Massachusetts#438 · 1 in 2,456
- Colorado#535 · 1 in 2,685
- California#627 · 1 in 3,899
- Florida#633 · 1 in 3,674
Best ever in a state: #132 in District of Columbia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #407 | 42 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Massachusetts | #438 | 11 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Colorado | #535 | 10 | 1 in 2,685 |
| California | #627 | 45 | 1 in 3,899 |
| Florida | #633 | 26 | 1 in 3,674 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 110 spots since 2020 (#1,109 → #999)
- Biggest jump: 36 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2025 at #999 (227 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,525
- Highest: 1 in 7,525 boys born in 2025 were named Lev (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.8% of all boys named Lev (1,254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40 | #3,724 (1976) | #4,687 |
| 1980s | 37 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,102 |
| 1990s | 112 | #4,185 (1996) | #5,326 |
| 2000s | 317 | #2,252 (2009) | #3,600 |
| 2010s | 1,254 | #1,004 (2019) | #1,466 |
| 2020s | 1,239 | #999 (2025) | #1,050 |
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.
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