Levi
Feminine · “joined”
Levi is given to boys far more often — 215,013 boys against 1,427 girls since 1880. See Levi as a boy name
Levi is 'joined' in Hebrew — Leah names him hoping her husband will now be attached to her — and the priestly tribe descends from him.
How old is the name Levi?
Levi first appears in US birth records in 1929 — 96 years ago. The typical Levi is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Levi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Levi most popular?
Levi peaked in 2020, reaching #2257 nationally. Today it ranks #2485, 228 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lavah to Levi
The story of Levi
Leah names her third son Levi hoping Jacob will finally be attached to her — the text gives the reason in the verse. The tribe descended from him received no land but served the sanctuary. Levi is used for both sexes in America now and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
joined, attached
From the Hebrew Levi, from lavah, 'to join' or 'attach'. Genesis has Leah say that now her husband will be joined to her, since she has borne him three sons. The Levites descend from him. The Hebrew is transparent and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- lavah
- Levi
Related forms: לוי · Leví · Levi
Pronouncing Levi
LEE-vy
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew stresses the second, le-VEE.
Nicknames for Levi
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
- 1929
- Most girls named
- 202181 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2257reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +2.9%71 in 2025, from 69
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.
Levi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- לוי in Hebrew — transliteration
- Leví in Spanish — same name
- Levi in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Levis among us
people named Levi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,638 born in 2025 was named Levi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Levi
- #2485
- Levi on the 2025 chart
- #853
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Levi went to 71 girls in 2025, but Levy and Levvy are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 107, which makes it the 853rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,632 places above the chart.
- Levi71
- Levy30
- Levvy6
About 1 girl in 15,021 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,638 for Levi 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 Aesha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Levi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Aesha climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Aesha's path sketches the road Levi is walking now.
Levi 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 Levi is headed
Levi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Levi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Levi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Leah names him hoping to be joined to her husband is a first-rate detail.
- That the tribe held no land and served instead is a genuinely striking fact.
- Lev is available as a short form that is a real name elsewhere.
- It reads as strongly masculine.
- A jeans brand is a strong association.
- Hebrew and English stress it differently.
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Feminine · #2485 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Levis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Levi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Levi?
- Levi is the most-used spelling in US records — 71 of the 107 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Levy and Levvy.
- How popular is the name Levi in 2025?
- Levi ranks #2485 among US girl names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Levi?
- About 1 in every 22,638 US girls born in 2025 was named Levi — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Levi with classmates?
- Levi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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