# Levy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/levy/  
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 | /ˈlɛ.vi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Levie |
| US babies named this | 4,256 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,915 / 341 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 81, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the biblical name Levi. Unlike the biblical spelling, which descended through continuous liturgical traditions that preserved final secondary stress (causing it to shift to IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈliːvaɪ/), the surname was re-introduced into English after the 1650s via French Lévy and German Levy. The pronunciation IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈlɛvi/ arose from assimilation to the common noun levy, while IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈliːvi/ preserves the historical long vowel of the first syllable without final stress.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1887 | 5 | 1,232 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,855 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,455 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,085 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,492 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,824 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,280 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,681 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,095 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,499 |
| 2021 | 51 | 3,191 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,931 |
| 2023 | 44 | 3,552 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,550 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,618 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,573 |
| 2012 | 46 | 2,656 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,826 |
| 2014 | 49 | 2,530 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,629 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,322 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,227 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,130 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,451 |
| 2020 | 91 | 1,711 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,641 |
| 2022 | 91 | 1,797 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,086 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,847 |
| 2025 | 96 | 1,705 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Levy

- Levy Mwanawasa, former President of Zambia (1948-2008)
- Levy Rozman, American chess streamer and YouTuber
- Levy Tran, American actress and model
- Culbert Olson, American politician (1876–1962)

## 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.