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Levin

#3,022 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly he will join, through לֵוִי

Levin has been given to 1,698 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #3,022 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 60 recorded.

Babies named Levin, 2025

1 in 80,900

Levin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Levin: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly he will join, through לֵוִי

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Levin means

Levin belongs to the name family reached through Levin → לֵוִי. Its meaning is “he will join”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.

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Origin, language, and formation

Levin is used in English.

Levin comes through Russian Левин and Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include לֵוִי.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Levin is pronounced /lɛˑvɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,693 boys were recorded with the name Levin between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2011; its best national rank was #936 in 1889.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,174 in 2020 to #3,022 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,478 in 2015 to #3,022 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Levin between 2018 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2018; its best national rank was #17,091 in 2018.

How common is Levin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 80,900
41 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 41,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,022
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
56,047 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Levin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 56,047 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Levin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Levins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Levin was born before 2004 — so the typical Levin is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
25.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,385
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 25.7% of all recorded uses (435).

Is Levin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+152
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+456
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.28×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.3%
Peak was 2011 (60)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#936
1889

Spellings of Levin

Levin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 36.7% against Levin's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Levin is used

Across 1910–2025, Levin was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 303,279 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Levin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Levin around the world

Where Levin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • France
    2002–2024
    #6,111
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2001–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Levin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,022
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 152
Best rank ever
#936
1889
Peak year
2011
60 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,693
Count in 2025
41

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,091
2018
Peak year
2018
5 that year
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Levin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Levin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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