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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 215,013since 1880
Levi over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,485 | 71 | #12 | 9,642 |
| 2024 | #2,559 | 69 | #12 | 9,555 |
| 2023 | #2,730 | 63 | #12 | 9,399 |
| 2022 | #2,604 | 67 | #12 | 9,869 |
| 2021 | #2,266 | 81 | #12 | 9,559 |
| 2020 | #2,257 | 79 | #18 | 9,098 |
| 2019 | #2,272 | 80 | #25 | 9,066 |
| 2018 | #3,158 | 51 | #33 | 8,540 |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | #35 | 8,478 |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | #42 | 8,118 |
| 2015 | #2,927 | 59 | #42 | 8,337 |
| 2014 | #3,425 | 46 | #45 | 8,081 |
| 2013 | #2,973 | 56 | #49 | 7,449 |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | #55 | 7,244 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #66 | 6,661 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #70 | 6,027 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #85 | 5,026 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #116 | 3,702 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #131 | 3,216 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #133 | 3,030 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #141 | 2,765 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | #153 | 2,625 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #166 | 2,374 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #164 | 2,342 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #171 | 2,197 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #172 | 2,200 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #170 | 2,171 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #158 | 2,177 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #156 | 2,225 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #163 | 2,127 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #154 | 2,267 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #157 | 2,105 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #162 | 1,978 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #166 | 1,914 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #186 | 1,725 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #180 | 1,719 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #169 | 1,783 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #174 | 1,611 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #193 | 1,393 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #209 | 1,162 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #209 | 1,146 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #219 | 1,033 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #232 | 961 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #213 | 1,136 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #182 | 1,366 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #226 | 1,057 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #233 | 963 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #326 | 536 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #368 | 445 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #373 | 420 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #395 | 393 |
| 1974 | — | #477 | 278 | |
| 1973 | — | #542 | 207 | |
| 1972 | — | #549 | 211 | |
| 1971 | — | #582 | 198 | |
| 1970 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1969 | — | #685 | 133 | |
| 1968 | — | #645 | 138 | |
| 1967 | — | #613 | 150 | |
| 1966 | — | #610 | 148 | |
| 1965 | — | #721 | 106 | |
| 1964 | — | #615 | 162 | |
| 1963 | — | #631 | 154 | |
| 1962 | — | #604 | 164 | |
| 1961 | — | #608 | 170 | |
| 1960 | — | #587 | 176 | |
| 1959 | — | #575 | 185 | |
| 1958 | — | #574 | 182 | |
| 1957 | — | #579 | 177 | |
| 1956 | — | #530 | 198 | |
| 1955 | — | #509 | 208 | |
| 1954 | — | #496 | 214 | |
| 1953 | — | #504 | 192 | |
| 1952 | — | #469 | 218 | |
| 1951 | — | #444 | 231 | |
| 1950 | — | #485 | 192 | |
| 1949 | — | #496 | 177 | |
| 1948 | — | #486 | 187 | |
| 1947 | — | #496 | 184 | |
| 1946 | — | #485 | 174 | |
| 1945 | — | #444 | 179 | |
| 1944 | — | #449 | 183 | |
| 1943 | — | #466 | 177 | |
| 1942 | — | #457 | 182 | |
| 1941 | — | #458 | 167 | |
| 1940 | — | #453 | 164 | |
| 1939 | — | #442 | 166 | |
| 1938 | — | #400 | 201 | |
| 1937 | — | #436 | 168 | |
| 1936 | — | #430 | 169 | |
| 1935 | — | #403 | 183 | |
| 1934 | — | #395 | 196 | |
| 1933 | — | #418 | 169 | |
| 1932 | — | #407 | 192 | |
| 1931 | — | #395 | 202 | |
| 1930 | — | #421 | 196 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #390 | 222 |
| 1928 | — | #434 | 189 | |
| 1927 | — | #370 | 250 | |
| 1926 | — | #368 | 251 | |
| 1925 | — | #392 | 232 | |
| 1924 | — | #404 | 230 | |
| 1923 | — | #388 | 233 | |
| 1922 | — | #369 | 264 | |
| 1921 | — | #369 | 270 | |
| 1920 | — | #375 | 255 | |
| 1919 | — | #334 | 285 | |
| 1918 | — | #371 | 251 | |
| 1917 | — | #398 | 203 | |
| 1916 | — | #377 | 214 | |
| 1915 | — | #365 | 218 | |
| 1914 | — | #329 | 193 | |
| 1913 | — | #353 | 137 | |
| 1912 | — | #355 | 116 | |
| 1911 | — | #281 | 87 | |
| 1910 | — | #299 | 69 | |
| 1909 | — | #243 | 82 | |
| 1908 | — | #245 | 75 | |
| 1907 | — | #269 | 61 | |
| 1906 | — | #263 | 56 | |
| 1905 | — | #246 | 63 | |
| 1904 | — | #228 | 68 | |
| 1903 | — | #219 | 68 | |
| 1902 | — | #250 | 55 | |
| 1901 | — | #267 | 41 | |
| 1900 | — | #199 | 95 | |
| 1899 | — | #208 | 63 | |
| 1898 | — | #224 | 61 | |
| 1897 | — | #218 | 59 | |
| 1896 | — | #219 | 68 | |
| 1895 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1894 | — | #205 | 68 | |
| 1893 | — | #193 | 75 | |
| 1892 | — | #198 | 77 | |
| 1891 | — | #186 | 68 | |
| 1890 | — | #180 | 74 | |
| 1889 | — | #156 | 88 | |
| 1888 | — | #164 | 91 | |
| 1887 | — | #168 | 75 | |
| 1886 | — | #139 | 97 | |
| 1885 | — | #167 | 79 | |
| 1884 | — | #150 | 91 | |
| 1883 | — | #153 | 85 | |
| 1882 | — | #132 | 105 | |
| 1881 | — | #116 | 104 | |
| 1880 | — | #118 | 112 | |
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.
Where Levi is popular in 1890
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 927 | #116 (1881) | #146 |
| 1890s | 685 | #180 (1890) | #203 |
| 1900s | 664 | #199 (1900) | #243 |
| 1910s | 1,773 | #281 (1911) | #346 |
| 1920s | 2,396 | #368 (1926) | #386 |
| 1930s | 1,842 | #395 (1931) | #415 |
| 1940s | 1,774 | #444 (1945) | #469 |
| 1950s | 1,997 | #444 (1951) | #517 |
| 1960s | 1,501 | #587 (1960) | #632 |
| 1970s | 3,798 | #233 (1979) | #452 |
| 1980s | 12,648 | #169 (1989) | #203 |
| 1990s | 20,408 | #154 (1995) | #165 |
| 2000s | 29,477 | #85 (2009) | #143 |
| 2010s | 78,001 | #25 (2019) | #46 |
| 2020s | 57,122 | #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 1890
boys
#180
74 births · 1 in 1,500 boys
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 1,500 of them was named Levi, which outranked 84.5% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).