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Levi

boy name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
2
Peak era
2020s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

traditionally "joined, attached," from the hope Genesis records at his birth; the priestly tribe of Israel descends from him. Centuries of Jewish use, a denim-tinged American ring, and a 2010s surge that made it a fresh-feeling classic

The story

Levi is as old as Genesis: the third son of Jacob and Leah, whose name, joined or attached, carried his mother's hope that her husband's heart would finally be bound to hers. His descendants, the Levites, became Israel's priestly tribe, and the name has walked through Jewish history ever since. America gave it a second, unexpected life when Levi Strauss, a Bavarian immigrant selling dry goods to Gold Rush miners, put the name on the world's blue jeans. In the records it never disappeared, a steady thread running across the generations, but its true boom is recent: from the 2000s onward Levi has climbed relentlessly, and it now stands higher than it ever has. Somehow it works both ways at once, ancient and broken-in, scripture and denim, which may be exactly why this century has claimed it so completely.

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How popular is Levi around the world?

In the United States, 57,552 babies were named Levi between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 58 boys were registered as Levi in 2017.

Levi is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Norway, Canada, New South Wales, Austria, New Zealand, Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Mexico City, Chile, France, Argentina, Poland and Spain.

Levi crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish

United States

1 in 380

In the United States, 57,552 babies were named Levi between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Levi peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 320 · 2017

In South Australia, 58 boys were registered as Levi in 2017.

1970peak 2013

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Norway

1 in 370 · register 2026

In Norway, 76 boys were given the name Levi in 2025.

1945peak 2019

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Canada

1 in 400

In Canada, 909 boys named Levi were born in 2024, the 16th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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New South Wales

#8 · 2025

In New South Wales, 324 boys named Levi were registered in 2025, ranked 8th in that year’s top 100 for boys.

2000peak 2025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Austria

1 in 410

In Austria, 185 boys named Levi were born in 2025, the 45th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2023

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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New Zealand

1 in 510

In New Zealand, 113 boys named Levi were registered in 2025.

1980peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Ireland

1 in 760

In Ireland, 71 boys named Levi were born in 2025, the 83rd most common name among boys that year.

1980peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 1,200

In England and Wales, 490 boys named Levi were born in 2025, the 107th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Scotland

1 in 1,200

In Scotland, 37 boys named Levi were registered in 2024, the 130th most common name among boys that year.

1990peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Puerto Rico

1 in 2,000

In Puerto Rico, 9 babies were named Levi in 2025, and 30 have carried the name since 1998.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Brazil

1 in 2,300

At the 2022 census, 88,228 people in Brazil were named Levi, the 352nd most common name, with a median age of 7.
Among people named Levi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 31,093 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Mexico City City

1 in 4,100

In Mexico City, there were 29 registrations of Levi in 2022.

2000peak 2022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Chile

1 in 6,800

In Chile, 26 boys were registered as Levi in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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France

1 in 7,600

In France, about 85 boys named Levi were born in 2025, the 533rd most common name among boys that year.

1900peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Levi, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Argentina

1 in 9,300

In Argentina, 71 newborns were given the name Levi in 2024.

2012peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Poland

1 in 49,000

In Poland, 5 boys named Levi were born in 2025, the 445th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Spain

1 in 70,000

In Spain, 642 residents are named Levi, ranked 1,920th among men, with a mean age of 21.2 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Montevideo City

last on record 2001

Levi is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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When you meet Levi

Most people given the name Levi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Levi

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Where Levi travels

Jewish American · a beloved patriarchal tribal name now hugely popular

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