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Levi: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9,642 in 2025. Its best rank was #12 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99% of babies named Levi in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#12 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Levi: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9,642 boys in 2025. Peak: #12 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 9,869 (2022).
In 2025, 9,642 US boys were named Levi, making it the 12th most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 87 more than the 9,555 boys named Levi in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #12, reached in this year, 2025. The most boys given the name in a single year was 9,869, in 2022. For comparison, it was #42 in 2015 and #486 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Levi in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 112 babies with the name. In all, 216,440 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 78,521 babies named Levi.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 91,324 US boys were named Levi; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 9,869. In 2025 that was about 1 in 177 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Levi ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #5 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Levy (4,256 babies since 1880), Livia (10,236 babies since 1880), Livi (766 babies since 1880) and Livie (744 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Levie, Leevi and Lyvia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lee.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Levie (1,130), Leevi (812), Lyvia (664), Livy (550), Levia (268), Levii (245), Livio (182), Leavy (175), Lewi (144), Levee (134), Leviah (29), Livvi (27), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 53 | #5 | #17 |
| Hawaii | 40 | #7 | #37 |
| Michigan | 315 | #9 | #27 |
| Texas | 1,163 | #9 | #53 |
| North Carolina | 376 | #9 | #28 |
| Wisconsin | 194 | #10 | #19 |
| Alaska | 29 | #10 | #48 |
| New Mexico | 63 | #10 | #58 |
| Wyoming | 16 | #10 | #27 |
| Mississippi | 81 | #11 | #47 |
| Nevada | 87 | #11 | #59 |
| Louisiana | 125 | #11 | #25 |
| Minnesota | 191 | #11 | #19 |
| Delaware | 30 | #11 | #72 |
| Tennessee | 263 | #12 | #13 |
| Virginia | 254 | #12 | #35 |
| Arizona | 237 | #12 | #51 |
| Missouri | 199 | #12 | #36 |
| Pennsylvania | 379 | #13 | #41 |
| South Carolina | 150 | #13 | #34 |
| New Hampshire | 53 | #13 | #54 |
| Kentucky | 157 | #14 | #10 |
| Indiana | 191 | #14 | #26 |
| Washington | 226 | #14 | #33 |
| Utah | 133 | #15 | #47 |
| Rhode Island | 32 | #15 | #67 |
| Oregon | 103 | #16 | #30 |
| Arkansas | 84 | #16 | #23 |
| Ohio | 331 | #16 | #34 |
| Maryland | 143 | #16 | #63 |
| Georgia | 263 | #17 | #40 |
| Oklahoma | 114 | #17 | #27 |
| Colorado | 176 | #18 | #23 |
| Florida | 561 | #18 | #53 |
| South Dakota | 30 | #18 | #5 |
| Alabama | 127 | #19 | #37 |
| California | 1,142 | #19 | #59 |
| Nebraska | 59 | #19 | #43 |
| Idaho | 58 | #20 | #64 |
| Massachusetts | 188 | #21 | #75 |
| Iowa | 80 | #22 | #34 |
| New York | 438 | #23 | #81 |
| Kansas | 80 | #26 | #29 |
| West Virginia | 42 | #26 | #5 |
| Illinois | 249 | #27 | #52 |
| Connecticut | 85 | #28 | #81 |
| Vermont | 11 | #34 | #27 |
| Montana | 24 | #42 | #30 |
| New Jersey | 185 | #43 | #116 |
| North Dakota | 19 | #51 | #24 |
| District of Columbia | 13 | #63 | #138 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,504 | 9,642 | #12 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,579 | 9,555 | #12 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,746 | 9,399 | #12 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,620 | 9,869 | #12 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,280 | 9,559 | #12 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,271 | 9,098 | #18 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,280 | 9,066 | #25 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,187 | 8,540 | #33 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,999 | 8,478 | #35 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,725 | 8,118 | #42 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,954 | 8,337 | #42 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,463 | 8,081 | #45 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,991 | 7,449 | #49 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,443 | 7,244 | #55 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,426 | 6,661 | #66 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,923 | 6,027 | #70 |
| 2009 | 29 | #5,028 | 5,026 | #85 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,960 | 3,702 | #116 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,352 | 3,216 | #131 |
| 2006 | 28 | #5,036 | 3,030 | #133 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,747 | 2,765 | #141 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,443 | 2,625 | #153 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,828 | 2,374 | #166 |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,101 | 2,342 | #164 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,999 | 2,197 | #171 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,674 | 2,200 | #172 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,065 | 2,171 | #170 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,987 | 2,177 | #158 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,094 | 2,225 | #156 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,675 | 2,127 | #163 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,221 | 2,267 | #154 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,910 | 2,105 | #157 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,187 | 1,978 | #162 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,885 | 1,914 | #166 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,340 | 1,725 | #186 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,880 | 1,719 | #180 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,250 | 1,783 | #169 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,481 | 1,611 | #174 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,205 | 1,393 | #193 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,621 | 1,162 | #209 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,282 | 1,146 | #209 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,722 | 1,033 | #219 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,038 | 961 | #233 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,391 | 1,136 | #213 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,444 | 1,366 | #182 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,413 | 1,057 | #226 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,273 | 963 | #233 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,347 | 536 | #326 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,521 | 445 | #369 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,835 | 420 | #374 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,581 | 393 | #395 |
| 1974 | — | — | 278 | #477 |
| 1973 | — | — | 207 | #544 |
| 1972 | — | — | 211 | #550 |
| 1971 | — | — | 198 | #584 |
| 1970 | — | — | 147 | #682 |
| 1969 | — | — | 133 | #686 |
| 1968 | — | — | 138 | #647 |
| 1967 | — | — | 150 | #613 |
| 1966 | — | — | 148 | #610 |
| 1965 | — | — | 106 | #723 |
| 1964 | — | — | 162 | #616 |
| 1963 | — | — | 154 | #634 |
| 1962 | — | — | 164 | #605 |
| 1961 | — | — | 170 | #608 |
| 1960 | — | — | 176 | #589 |
| 1959 | — | — | 185 | #576 |
| 1958 | — | — | 182 | #575 |
| 1957 | — | — | 177 | #580 |
| 1956 | — | — | 198 | #530 |
| 1955 | — | — | 208 | #509 |
| 1954 | — | — | 214 | #497 |
| 1953 | — | — | 192 | #505 |
| 1952 | — | — | 218 | #470 |
| 1951 | — | — | 231 | #444 |
| 1950 | — | — | 192 | #486 |
| 1949 | — | — | 177 | #500 |
| 1948 | — | — | 187 | #487 |
| 1947 | — | — | 184 | #496 |
| 1946 | — | — | 174 | #486 |
| 1945 | — | — | 179 | #445 |
| 1944 | — | — | 183 | #449 |
| 1943 | — | — | 177 | #466 |
| 1942 | — | — | 182 | #459 |
| 1941 | — | — | 167 | #458 |
| 1940 | — | — | 164 | #454 |
| 1939 | — | — | 166 | #442 |
| 1938 | — | — | 201 | #401 |
| 1937 | — | — | 168 | #436 |
| 1936 | — | — | 169 | #430 |
| 1935 | — | — | 183 | #403 |
| 1934 | — | — | 196 | #395 |
| 1933 | — | — | 169 | #421 |
| 1932 | — | — | 192 | #407 |
| 1931 | — | — | 202 | #395 |
| 1930 | — | — | 196 | #421 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,353 | 222 | #391 |
| 1928 | — | — | 189 | #434 |
| 1927 | — | — | 250 | #370 |
| 1926 | — | — | 251 | #368 |
| 1925 | — | — | 232 | #392 |
| 1924 | — | — | 230 | #404 |
| 1923 | — | — | 233 | #388 |
| 1922 | — | — | 264 | #369 |
| 1921 | — | — | 270 | #369 |
| 1920 | — | — | 255 | #375 |
| 1919 | — | — | 285 | #335 |
| 1918 | — | — | 251 | #372 |
| 1917 | — | — | 203 | #399 |
| 1916 | — | — | 214 | #377 |
| 1915 | — | — | 218 | #365 |
| 1914 | — | — | 193 | #329 |
| 1913 | — | — | 137 | #355 |
| 1912 | — | — | 116 | #355 |
| 1911 | — | — | 87 | #284 |
| 1910 | — | — | 69 | #300 |
| 1909 | — | — | 82 | #243 |
| 1908 | — | — | 75 | #245 |
| 1907 | — | — | 61 | #270 |
| 1906 | — | — | 56 | #265 |
| 1905 | — | — | 63 | #247 |
| 1904 | — | — | 68 | #229 |
| 1903 | — | — | 68 | #219 |
| 1902 | — | — | 55 | #250 |
| 1901 | — | — | 41 | #269 |
| 1900 | — | — | 95 | #199 |
| 1899 | — | — | 63 | #210 |
| 1898 | — | — | 61 | #226 |
| 1897 | — | — | 59 | #220 |
| 1896 | — | — | 68 | #220 |
| 1895 | — | — | 72 | #200 |
| 1894 | — | — | 68 | #205 |
| 1893 | — | — | 75 | #195 |
| 1892 | — | — | 77 | #198 |
| 1891 | — | — | 68 | #186 |
| 1890 | — | — | 74 | #181 |
| 1889 | — | — | 88 | #157 |
| 1888 | — | — | 91 | #164 |
| 1887 | — | — | 75 | #171 |
| 1886 | — | — | 97 | #139 |
| 1885 | — | — | 79 | #167 |
| 1884 | — | — | 91 | #150 |
| 1883 | — | — | 85 | #154 |
| 1882 | — | — | 105 | #133 |
| 1881 | — | — | 104 | #116 |
| 1880 | — | — | 112 | #118 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).