Leevi
Masculine · “joined”
Leevi is the Finnish form of Levi, and the Hebrew name is explained in Genesis as a hope about attachment — Leah names him for being joined to her husband.
How old is the name Leevi?
Leevi first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Leevi is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Leevi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leevi most popular?
Leevi peaked in 2013, reaching #2250 nationally. Today it ranks #4139, 1,889 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Levi to Leevi
The story of Leevi
Levi's descendants became the tribe with no land allotment, set apart for the service of the sanctuary and supported by the tithes of the others — which is where the words Levite and Leviticus come from, and why Levi as a surname is so common in Jewish families. Finnish took Leevi with the double e that marks a long vowel, and it has been among the most-used Finnish men's names in recent decades.
Meaning
joined, attached
From Hebrew lavah, to join or accompany; Genesis has Leah say that this time her husband will be joined to her, and names the child accordingly. It is one of the names the text glosses outright.
How the name formed
- Levi
- Leevi
Related forms: Leevi · Levi · Levi
Pronouncing Leevi
LAY-vee
Two syllables, first stressed; Finnish holds the double e as a long vowel.
Nicknames for Leevi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 201357 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2250reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- +19.0%25 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leevi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leevi in Finnish — same name
- Levi in Hebrew — same name
- Levi in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Leevis among us
people named Leevi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was named Leevi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Leevi
- #4139
- Leevi on the 2025 chart
- #13
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leevi went to 25 boys in 2025, but Levi and Levy are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 9,771, which makes it the 13th most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,126 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 boy in 175 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 68,323 for Leevi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hodges test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leevi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hodges climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hodges's path sketches the road Leevi is walking now.
Leevi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Leevi is headed
Leevi is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Leevi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leevi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that the biblical text explains in the moment it is given.
- Levi stands behind it as the internationally recognized form.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Levi is far more common in America and will be written for him.
- The double e is Finnish and looks like a typo to English readers.
- A very well-known jeans brand carries the English form.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leevis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Leevi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Leevi?
- Leevi is one of 3 recorded spellings. Levi is the more common one — 9,642 births in 2025 against 25 for Leevi.
- How popular is the name Leevi in 2025?
- Leevi ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leevi?
- About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Leevi — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leevi with classmates?
- Leevi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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