Levi

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A few things about Levi you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Levi

Levi Colwill

English association football player (born 2003)

Choose Levi and your child shares a first name with Levi Colwill, an English association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Levi, like who?” Levi Colwill's Wikipedia article is available in 36 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 177 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Levi, 9,642 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Levi.
• 📜HistoryLevi has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Levis, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearLevi is at its all-time high right now: #12 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowLevi is 5.0× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 893 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 177.
• 📍Where it's lovedLevi is most popular in Maine, where it ranks #5, followed by Hawaii (#6) and Wyoming (#7). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Hebrew, Levi means “joined, attached”.
• 🌍OriginLevi is the #6 most popular Hebrew boy name in the US. That's out of 1,099 Hebrew boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Levi

Levi is a boy name of Hebrew origin meaning “joined, attached”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with L and ending in “-evi”. US birth records list Levi for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #12 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #12, with 9,642 babies.

Origin:Hebrew names