The story in the numbers

205,247 boys have been named Levi in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 9,861 births — 0.57% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 16 of them in the top 100.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,354 girls have also been given it, 0.66% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

By decade

Decade

boys named Levi

927

685

664

1,773

2,396

1,842

1,774

1,997

1,501

3,798

12,649

20,406

29,455

77,978

47,402

In 2022, its biggest year

Levi was the 12th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Levi

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.