Levy
Levy is given to both girls and boys: 30 girls and 96 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,617 among girls’ names and #1,705 among boys’, #3,030 among all names counting both); 4,256 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,640 Americans named Levy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 6 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Levy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Levy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Levy is “a male given name.”
From the biblical name Levi. Unlike the biblical spelling, which descended through continuous liturgical traditions that preserved final secondary stress (causing it to shift to IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈliːvaɪ/), the surname was re-introduced into English after the 1650s via French Lévy and German Levy. The pronunciation IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈlɛvi/ arose from assimilation to the common noun levy, while IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈliːvi/ preserves the historical long vowel of the first syllable without final stress.
/ˈlɛ.vi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Levy?
#1,705 among boys’ names, 2025
Levy rose from #2,628 in 2015 to #1,705 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 24.5 to 56.2 per million.
153 babies in 2021, the peak
Levy peaked in 2021, when 153 babies were given it (102 boys, #1,641 among boys’ names). The 126 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 82% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,705 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,847 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,085 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 91 | #1,797 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,641 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 91 | #1,711 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,450 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,129 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,226 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,322 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | #2,628 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,528 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,824 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,655 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,572 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,214 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,518 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,612 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,198 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,281 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,353 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,503 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,726 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,410 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,189 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 20 | #4,006 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,328 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,449 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,982 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,796 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,179 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,170 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,616 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,637 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,274 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,012 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,847 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,223 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,680 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,953 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,560 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,266 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,744 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,656 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,149 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,726 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #3,009 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,741 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,964 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,595 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,624 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,953 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,297 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,757 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,582 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 18 | #2,019 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,522 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,629 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,099 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,966 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,828 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,934 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,154 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,853 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,797 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,609 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,710 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,994 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,469 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,666 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,652 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,657 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,335 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,363 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,278 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,137 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,687 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,539 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,726 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,301 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,178 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,657 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,472 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,422 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,160 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,442 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,620 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,410 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,255 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,166 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 54 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 50 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 51 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 51 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 42 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,178 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 25 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 19 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 19 | #694 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,054 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 10 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 20 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 14 | #664 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 9 | #882 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 8 | #929 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 8 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 9 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 10 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 17 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 7 | #912 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 10 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 14 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 11 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 15 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 15 | #530 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 14 | #562 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 7 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 13 | #552 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 8 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 13 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 7 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 9 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 8 | #738 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 7 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 7 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 9 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 7 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 6 | #876 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Levy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,256 Americans recorded as Levy, 8% are girls and 92% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Levy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Levy, and how old are they?
2,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 4,256 Americans ever recorded as Levy. The median Levy alive today is 15 years old; half are between 6 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 2,643 people named Levy (311 women and girls, 2,332 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,043 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 91 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 291 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 238 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 330 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 468 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,230 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Levy born?
The states with the most babies named Levy are Texas, Florida and California, with 74% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 23 | #1,277 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,101 | 0.5× |
| California | 10 | #1,650 | 0.6× |
| New York | 10 | #1,178 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,220 | 0.0× |
Where Levy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Levy is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Levy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 223,137 babies since 1880, Levy is the second most given (1.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 126 of their 9,883 babies (1.3%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Levy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Levy and names like it
- Compare Levy and LeviBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLevy peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Levy since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Levy.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Levy alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.