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Lev

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Lev is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 213 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
2130.01% of boys
Peak year
2022219 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
2,845people given the name
Babies named Lev, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,770 boys have been named Lev in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 219 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 45%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 75 girls have also been given it, 2.6% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Lev
1970s40
1980s37
1990s112
2000s317
2010s1,254
2020s1,010

In 2022, its biggest year

Lev was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Lev

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.