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Boy's name · #12 in the US (2025) · Comeback
99% boys · 1% girls — Levi is also given to girls: 71 in 2025, about 1 in 140 in recent years. Levi →
Levi was #116 in 1881, slipped to #723 by 1965, and reached #12 in 2021 and has held it for 5 straight years since. About 215,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
US births of Levi rose from 536 in 1978 to 963 in 1979, as NBC aired Centennial, featuring Gregory Harrison as Levi Zendt. Actor Matthew McConaughey chose the name for his son, born in July 2008. Births rose from 3,702 in 2008 to 5,026 in 2009.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Levi is especially popular in Australia (NSW), Australia (VIC), and the Netherlands.
#8 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #9 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #10 in Netherlands (2025) · #13 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #16 in Switzerland (2025) · #23 in New Zealand (2025) · #43 in Sweden (2025) · #45 in Austria (2025) · #52 in N. Ireland (2025) · #84 in Ireland (2025) · #86 in Norway (2025) · #91 in Belgium (2025) and 7 more.
Among 477 notable people named Levi:
Business leaders appear 1.99× more often than among typical names — e.g. Levi Strauss, German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829–1902).
Similar names: Elias · Leo · Ezra · Jack · Eli · Josiah
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