Levy
Masculine · “joined”
Levy is given to both — 3,915 boys and 341 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Levy is Levi respelled, and the Hebrew is about attachment — Leah names him saying that now her husband will be joined to her.
How old is the name Levy?
Levy was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Levy alive today was born around 1972, making them about 53 years old. About 2,400 people named Levy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Levy most popular?
Levy peaked in 1894, reaching #521 nationally. Today it ranks #1699, 1,178 places below that high. See the whole 1894 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lavah to Levy
The story of Levy
Levi's descendants became the Levites, the tribe set apart for temple service and given no territory of their own. The surname Levy marks priestly descent in Jewish families and is among the most common Jewish surnames. As a given name Levy appears in American records steadily and is in current use.
Meaning
joined, attached
From the Hebrew Levi, connected in Genesis to lavah, 'to join' or 'to attach' — Leah names her third son saying her husband will now be joined to her. The tribe of Levi became the priestly one. The gloss is given in the text itself, which makes it unusually secure.
How the name formed
- lavah
- Levi
- Levy
Related forms: לוי · Levi · Lévy
Pronouncing Levy
LEE-vy
Two syllables, stress on the first. Levy and Levi are said identically in English; the surname is sometimes LEV-ee.
Nicknames for Levy
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
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 202596 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #521reached in 1894
- Change vs 2022
- +5.5%96 in 2025, from 91
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.
Levy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- לוי in Hebrew — transliteration
- Levi in English — spelling variant
- Lévy in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Levys among us
people named Levy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,792 born in 2025 was named Levy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Levy
- #1699
- Levy on the 2025 chart
- #13
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Levy went to 96 boys in 2025, but Levi is 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 — 1,686 places above the chart.
- Levi9,642
- Levy96
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 boy in 175 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 17,792 for Levy 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
Fashion outlook
Levy 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 Levy is headed
Levy 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.
Levy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Levy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Bible explains the name on the page, which very few names can claim.
- Lev is available as a short form that is a complete name elsewhere.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Levi is the standard given-name spelling and will be assumed.
- Levy reads strongly as a surname.
- The English word 'levy' is a homograph with a different origin.
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Frequently asked
- How many Levys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Levy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Levy?
- Levy is one of 2 recorded spellings. Levi is the more common one — 9,642 births in 2025 against 96 for Levy.
- How popular is the name Levy in 2025?
- Levy ranks #1699 among US boy names in 2025, with 96 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Levy?
- About 1 in every 17,792 US boys born in 2025 was named Levy — 96 in all.
- Will my child share the name Levy with classmates?
- Levy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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