Levy Boy & girl
How popular is Levy?
#1,699 boy name in 2025
96 baby boys were named Levy in the US in 2025, making it the 1699th most popular boy name. Another 30 girls got the name (#4,545 for girls).
Levy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,699 for boys (▲ 134 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 96 boys, 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+104% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,599 in 2015, #1,707 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (102 boys) |
| Highest rank | #521 in 1894 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 72% boys, 28% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Levy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Levi family of names ranked #14 for boys in 2025 (#16 the year before), with 9,738 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Levi | 9,642 | 99% |
| Levy | 96 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Levy is most popular
Babies named Levy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (66 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Levy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | #554 |
| 1890s | 111 | #521 |
| 1900s | 114 | #540 |
| 1910s | 324 | #677 |
| 1920s | 424 | #949 |
| 1930s | 274 | #1,040 |
| 1940s | 252 | #1,127 |
| 1950s | 253 | #1,271 |
| 1960s | 179 | #1,608 |
| 1970s | 159 | #1,931 |
| 1980s | 213 | #2,110 |
| 1990s | 222 | #2,571 |
| 2000s | 266 | #3,138 |
| 2010s | 504 | #2,121 |
| 2020s | 539 | #1,635 |
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Questions
- Is Levy a boy or girl name?
- Levy is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 72% of babies named Levy were boys and 28% were girls.
- How popular is the name Levy?
- 96 baby boys were named Levy in the US in 2025, making it the 1699th most popular boy name. Another 30 girls got the name (#4,545 for girls).
- When was Levy most popular?
- Levy peaked in 2021, when 102 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #521 in 1894.
- How many people are named Levy?
- 4,256 babies have been named Levy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,691 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Levy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Levy was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.