Lev — #1040 US boys' name
2,770 babies named Lev in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Lev was born in this single decade.
219 babies were named Lev in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lev
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,770 babies named Lev between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lev currently holds the #1040 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 219 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lev performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lev shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 547 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Lev in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lev in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,770 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lev at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Lev popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (2022)
- 219
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #1040 among boys.
2,770 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 219 births in a single year.
Lev popularity over time — girls
75 total births recorded since 2010 (Lev as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lev accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lev by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,254 births that decade — 45% of Lev's all-time total
Lev decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,254 births
- Runner-up 1,010 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lev's strongest decade
1,254 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Lev by state
Where Lev concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 547 | 19.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 413 | 14.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 257 | 9.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 78 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 74 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Washington | | 74 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 73 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 71 | 2.6% |
547 of 2,770 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.7% of nationwide
- New York 14.9% of nationwide
- Florida 9.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lev appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.