How rare is the name Lev?

4,033 people in the United States have the first name Lev, about 1 in 74,890. It ranks #4,563 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LEV

#4,563

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,033
About
1 in 74,890
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,033 people named Lev, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lev peaked in 2025, when 236 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
236
In 2025*
236
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,083 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lev by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,134. The largest share of babies named Lev, 76.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#13,18840
1980s#16,59337
1990s#12,044112
2000s#7,323317
2010s#3,0041,287
2020s#2,1341,290
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1218.9%
2013 and later76.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lev is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lev has been most common in Florida (4.2×), California (3×), and New York (3×), and least common in Texas (0.53×).

1,937 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Lev

1 other first name also has 4,033 people.

#4,563 Yoko · 4,033

Either side of Lev

#4,561 Lucius · 4,036#4,562 Elie · 4,034#4,563 Yoko · 4,033#4,565 Brandyn · 4,031

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lev, most common first.

#414 Levi · 136,747#6,147 Levy · 2,643#27,622 Leva · 330

Also a last name

As a last name, Lev ranks #19,961 of 156,621, with 1,349 people. See Lev as a last name

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