BabyNamesMap

Baby names › Boys

Lev

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #1,287 in 2015 to #999 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,287, 2016: #1,208, 2017: #1,293, 2018: #1,077, 2019: #1,004, 2020: #1,109, 2021: #1,054, 2022: #1,015, 2023: #1,088, 2024: #1,035, 2025: #9991 in 7,525 boys in the US, 2025#999 · rising · was #1,287 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,902, 2016: #1,570, 2017: #1,398, 2018: #1,324, 2019: #1,439, 2020: #1,635, 2021: #1,782, 2022: #1,314, 2023: #910, 2024: #1,162, 2025: #9531 in 8,498 boys in E&W, 2025#953 · rising · was #1,902 in 2015

Boy’s name

Try with your surname

What Lev means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lev yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,287 in 2015 to #999 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lev?

US 2025
#999
227 babies
▲ 36 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#953
32 babies
▲ 209 vs 2024
Scotland
–
Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1287 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1902 in 2015.

00.518801920196020002025
US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 227 boys got the name (#999 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

  • About 1 in 7,525 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 8,498 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.5 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.41 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

AK
ME
WI
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
HI
TX
FL
FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lev is #999 in the US and #953 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9992271 in 7,525#1287
England & Wales#953321 in 8,498#1902
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.2% of US babies named Lev were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20259227
England & Wales 2025032
US all years since 1880842,999
England & Wales since 19960287

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lev

Boys

  • Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
  • Leo#19“lion”
  • Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”
  • Hayes#162“brushwood”

For a sister

  • Hazel#21From the word “hazel”
  • Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
  • Zara#212“flower”
  • Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
  • Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
  • Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lev’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

Jump to a random name page, or roll from every name on the home page.