Boys' name · peaked in 2022
Levi name popularity since 1925
211,139 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Levi (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Levi is about 12 years old in 2026. Levi peaked in 2022 as the #12 name for boys, and it ranked #12 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 211,139
- Named Levi, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #12
- for boys in 2025 (9,642 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 1,427 girls · 209,712 boys
- Most popular in
- Alaska
- 2.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Levi made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Levi births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Levi both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Levi became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 12,600 baby boys to 1 in 3,970.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Levi's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Levi.
Decade by decade
Babies named Levi in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6 | 1,144 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,842 | #403 |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,774 | #445 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,997 | #509 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,501 | #723 |
| 1970s | 42 | 3,798 | #395 |
| 1980s | 127 | 12,648 | #209 |
| 1990s | 111 | 20,408 | #154 |
| 2000s | 191 | 29,477 | #141 |
| 2010s | 520 | 78,001 | #42 |
| 2020–25 | 430 | 57,122 | #12 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
55.0% of babies named Levi from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Levi is most popular
The index compares Levi's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Levi.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 2.47× | 768 |
| Wyoming | 2.28× | 646 |
| Idaho | 2.12× | 1,768 |
| Montana | 2.10× | 1,289 |
| Nevada | 2.00× | 1,491 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Levi and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Levi (this page) | 209,712 | 2022 |
| Levy | 3,053 | 1907 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Levi's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Levi.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Levi (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data