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Levy

#1,705 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

From French Lévy; literal meaning unconfirmed

Levy has been given to 4,256 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,705 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 102 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Levy, 2025

1 in 34,500

Levy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Levy over time

In 2025, Levy went to 24% girls and 76% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Levy: meaning, origin, and history

From French Lévy; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Levy means

Levy is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

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.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Levy (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Levy is used in English.

Levy comes through French Lévy and German Levy.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Levy is pronounced /ˈlɛ.vi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,915 boys were recorded with the name Levy between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 102 in 2021; its best national rank was #530 in 1894.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,711 in 2020 to #1,705 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,628 in 2015 to #1,705 in 2025.

In the United States, 341 girls were recorded with the name Levy between 1887 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 51 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,232 in 1887.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,497 in 2020 to #4,617 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,487 in 2015 to #4,617 in 2025.

How common is Levy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 34,500
96 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 17,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,705
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,938 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Levy 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,938 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Levy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Levys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Levy was born before 1966 — so the typical Levy is around 59 today.

Median birth year
1966
About 59 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
13.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,335
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 13.8% of all recorded uses (539).

Is Levy 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
+142
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+6
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+923
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.04×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
94.1%
Peak was 2021 (102)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#530
1894

Spellings of Levy

Levy is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 21.2% against Levy's 0.32%.

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 Levy is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Levy was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 21,239 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 10,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 14,286
  3. 3California1 in 20,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 20,000
  5. 5Virginia1 in 33,333
  6. 6Colorado1 in 50,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 50,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

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.

Where Levy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Levy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 455,819 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Levy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Levy around the world

Where Levy 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
    1997–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1904–2025
    #633
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #1,331
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Levy

People whose public names include Levy, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Levy in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Levy. Linked forms have their own page here.

Levi

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Levy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,705
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6
Best rank ever
#530
1894
Peak year
2021
102 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,915
Count in 2025
96

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,617
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 120
Best rank ever
#1,232
1887
Peak year
2021
51 that year
First recorded
1887
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
341
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Levy

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

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Names with a curve like Levy

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Levy, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Levy

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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