# Levin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/levin/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “forming possessives & adjectives”, “levi” |
| Pronunciation | /lɛˑvɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Leven, Levene, Lewin |
| US babies named this | 1,698 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,693 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 87, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 17,096 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 2,190 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,988 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,446 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,962 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,479 |
| 2016 | 51 | 2,501 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,518 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,671 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,232 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,176 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,681 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,939 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,827 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,025 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,023 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Levin

- Levin Rauch, Ban of Croatia (1819-1890)
- Levinus Hulsius, Belgian science writer
- Ron Carter, American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)

## 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.