Levi
Top 1000
About Levi
Levi, lighter and more energetic than most biblical names, with its up vowel ending, combines Old Testament gravitas with the casual flair associated with Levi Strauss jeans.
Now it's being rediscovered in a major way—Levi has been shooting up the charts in recent years. Extremely popular in the US, it's also a Top 100 name throughout the English-speaking world as well as in a diverse range of countries from Germany to Brazil.
In the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Leah and Jacob, from whom the priestly tribe of Levites descended; in the New Testament, Levi was Matthew's given name before he became an apostle. It is suspected that Levi derives from the Hebrew word yillaweh, meaning "he will join."
Levi received a lot of attention as the sons of Matthew McConaughey, Sheryl Crow and Sara Gilbert.
In the Thomas Hardy novel Far from the Madding Crowd, Levi Everdene is the father of the heroine.
Pronounced LEE-vy.
As of October 2026, Levi ranked #12 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #66.
Editor's take: The name Levi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "joined, attached".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #45 | 8,077 | 4,204.9 |
| 2015 | #42 | 8,336 | 4,349 |
| 2016 | #42 | 8,113 | 4,275.1 |
| 2017 | #36 | 8,477 | 4,579.8 |
| 2018 | #33 | 8,537 | 4,700.6 |
| 2019 | #25 | 9,062 | 5,050.7 |
| 2020 | #18 | 9,091 | 5,266.9 |
| 2021 | #12 | 9,553 | 5,460.5 |
| 2022 | #12 | 9,861 | 5,647.7 |
| 2023 | #12 | 9,384 | 5,485.9 |
| 2024 | #12 | 9,513 | 5,521.5 |
| 2025 | #12 | 9,642 | 5,644.9 |
World rankings
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Levi on lists
Famous Levis
- Levi
Biblical son of Jacob
- Levi P. Morton
22nd Vice President of the United States
- Levi Strauss
American inventor of blue jeans
- Levi Johnston
American actor and former fiance of Bristol Palin
- Levi Matthew Jones
bassist in American band The Tide
- Levi Addison Ault
Canadian/American businessman
- Levi Boone
American politician and mayor of Chicago
- Levi Celerio
Filipino composer and lyricist
- Levi Coffin
American educator and abolitionist
- Levi Eshkol
Israeli politician
- Levi Leipheimer
American professional road bicycle racer
- Levi Leiter
American businessman
- Levi Lincoln
Sr., American revolutionary and statesman
- Levi Lincoln
Jr., American lawyer and politician
- Levi Lind
Canadian ice hockey player
- Levi Porter
English footballer
- Levi Romero
Venezuelan baseball player
- Levi Seacer
Jr., American musician
- Levi Stubbs
American singer
- "Lebanon" Levi King Stoltzfus
American reality TV personality of "Amish Mafia"
- Levi Woodbury
American politician
- Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev
Rabbi and Hasidic leader
- Levi Benton
singer of American metal band MissTeague
- Levi Sanders
son of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
- Levi Hank Gilbert
Adler (b. 2004), Son of actress Sara Gilbert and Allison Adler
- Levi Alves McConaughey (b. 2008)
Son of Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey
- Levi Harper Ford (b. 2009)
son of actress Holly Brisley and Paul Ford
- Levi James Crow (b. 2010)
Son of singer Sheryl Crow
- Levi Money (b. 2012)
son of actors Emme Rylan and Don Money
- Levi Ritchie (b. 2014)
son of director Guy Ritchie and model Jacqui Ainsley
- Levi Teague Morales (b. 2015)
son of Youtubers Oscar Morales & Kyra Sivertson
- Levi Aaron Cooperman (b. 2016)
son of actress Anna Silk and Seth Cooperman
- Levi William Johnson (b. 2016)
son of American singer and actress Alex Murrel
- Levi Blaze Henriques (b. 2017)
son of rapper Sean Paul
- Taylor Levi Estevez (b. 1984)
son of actor Emilio Estevez and model Carey Salley
- Jackson Levi Duggar (b. 2004)
15th child of reality TV's Duggar family
- Zachary Levi
American actor
Levi in pop culture
- Levi Strauss
American jeans and clothing line
- Levi Gorringe
Lawyer in The Damnation of Theron Ware (1896)
- Lance Corporal Levi Ackerman
character in anime "Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin"
- Levi Stewart
character in "Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell
- Levi
nickname of Mike Warren on TV's "Graceland"
- Levi
character in the "Soul Screamers" series by Rachel Vincent
- Commercial for Levi
song by band 'Placebo'