Levy

Boy name

Levy has been given to 4,256 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2021.

Meaning & origin /ˈliːvaɪ/

From the biblical name Levi. Unlike the biblical spelling, which descended through continuous liturgical traditions that preserved final secondary stress (causing it to shift to IPA(key): /ˈliːvaɪ/API), the surname was re-introduced into English after the 1650s via French Lévy and German Levy. The pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈlɛvi/API arose from assimilation to the common noun levy, while IPA(key): /ˈliːvi/API preserves the historical long vowel of the first syllable without final stress.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

4,256

Peak year

2021 (153 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +129%

Gender split

8% girls / 92% boys

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