# Lev (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lev/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,083 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,999 / 84 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 287, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 16,129 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,948 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,161 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,890 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,968 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,279 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,946 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,800 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,894 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,741 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,555 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,882 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,903 |
| 2013 | 98 | 1,583 |
| 2014 | 110 | 1,481 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,295 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,214 |
| 2017 | 140 | 1,298 |
| 2018 | 184 | 1,078 |
| 2019 | 208 | 1,005 |
| 2020 | 178 | 1,109 |
| 2021 | 203 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 219 | 1,018 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,093 |
| 2024 | 215 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 227 | 1,001 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Lev

- Lev Polugaevsky, chess player (1934–1995)
- Lev Nussimbaum, German-language writer of the Jewish origion (1905–1942)
- Lev Grossman, American novelist, journalist
- Lev Manovich, American academic (born 1960)
- Lev Gorn, American actor born in the Soviet Union
- Lev Skrbenský z Hříště, Czech cardinal (1863-1938)
- Lev Gutman, German chess player (born 1945)
- Lev Mukhin, boxer (1936–1977)
- Lev Aronin, chess player (1920–1982)
- Lev Prchala, Czech politician, army general and politician (1892-1963)
- Lev Lurye, 1950- Russian writer and local historian
- Leo III the Syrian, emperor of Byzantine Empire

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.