NameTides

Lev

Lev was the #999 boys' name in the US in 2025 (227 babies), and #953 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Lev as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lev as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Lev as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#999 (227)#953 (32)#676 (4)#885 (29)
2024#1,035 (215)#1,162 (24)#785 (3)#729 (36)
2023#1,088 (197)#910 (34)#584 (5)#680 (38)
2022#1,015 (219)#1,314 (20)#572 (5)#657 (40)
2021#1,054 (203)#1,782 (13)—#910 (26)
2020#1,109 (178)#1,635 (14)—#761 (32)
2019#1,004 (208)#1,439 (17)—#607 (44)
2018#1,077 (184)#1,324 (19)—#835 (28)
2017#1,293 (140)#1,398 (18)—#971 (23)
2016#1,208 (156)#1,570 (16)—#971 (23)
2015#1,287 (138)#1,902 (12)—#978 (22)
2014#1,473 (110)#1,370 (18)—#806 (29)
2013#1,578 (98)#2,055 (10)—#1,380 (13)
2012#1,891 (76)#3,416 (5)—#1,143 (17)
2011#1,866 (75)#2,194 (9)—#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #999.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lev is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lev by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #407NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #627CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #633FL
Lev (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

Lev (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LevCanadaBoys#88529
LevEngland & WalesBoys#95332
LevIrelandBoys#6764
LevNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LevUSGirls#10,1079
LevUSBoys#999227