How Many People Are Named Levi?
people named Levi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,680 people in the US has this name
Based on 216,440 babies named Levi in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,936 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. In the New Testament this is another name for the apostle Matthew. As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Levi, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Levi alive today is about 15 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Levi first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 9,936 babies. In 2025, 9,713 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Levi never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #12, in 2021 to 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 17 years, 2009 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #12.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12 |
| Best rank | #12 (2021 to 2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 17 (2009 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #45 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Levi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Levi were born in California than in any other state: about 19,054 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Levi was given 2.8 times as often in Wyoming, 2.5 times in Montana and 2.1 times in South Dakota.
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