Levy — #1847 US boys' name
3,818 babies named Levy in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to boys today.
13% of everyone ever named Levy was born in this single decade.
102 babies were named Levy in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Levy
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,818 babies named Levy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Levy currently holds the #1847 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 102 babies received it in a single year. Levy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 311 additional births since 1887.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Levy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 504 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Levy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Levy in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Levy 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 3,818 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.
Levy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Levy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2021)
- 102
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1847 among boys.
3,818 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 102 births in a single year.
Levy popularity over time — girls
311 total births recorded since 1887 (Levy as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Levy accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Levy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 504 births that decade — 13% of Levy's all-time total
Levy decade highlights
- Peak decade 504 births
- Runner-up 442 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Levy's strongest decade
504 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Levy by state
Where Levy concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 195 | 5.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 191 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 166 | 4.3% |
| #4 | California | | 162 | 4.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 143 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 69 | 1.8% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 67 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 53 | 1.4% |
195 of 3,818 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 5.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Levy appears in 15 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, 1880–2024 (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.