Levi

What Levi means

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

Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Levi?

US: Rising: up from #42 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #155 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 9,869 boys got the name (#12 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 177 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 555 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 531 baby boys in Scotland 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 WY (14.68 per 1,000 boys), ME (13.79 per 1,000 boys), HI (13.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Levi is #12 in the US and #107 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Levi were boys.

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

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Levy96 US
• Lavi47 US
• Leevi25 US
• Liev20 US
• Levii8 US
• Levee5 US

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

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Levy

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Levi

Boys

• Jethro#952Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US
• Jedidiah#874“beloved of Yahweh”^*
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Ari#393“lion”^*
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters

For a sister

• Lena#279“the Large River”^*
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Levi’s. Rank is US 2025.