Lev

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lev: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lev: Recorded since 1998, it reached #572 in 2022, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#572highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2007	#4333
2008	#2097
2009	#2837
2010	#3332
2011	#2194
2012	#3416
2013	#2055
2014	#1370
2015	#1902
2016	#1570
2017	#1398
2018	#1324
2019	#1439
2020	#1635
2021	#1782
2022	#1314
2023	#910
2024	#1162

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1162 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2022–2025
Highest recorded position: #572 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2022–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lev appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 255 births with the name.

Lev across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lev's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#910 (2023)	#1162 (2024)	19 of 27	255 (1998–2024)	34 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#572 (2022)	#572 (2022)	#676 (2025)	4 of 4	17 (2022–2025)	5 (2022)

Lev by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lev in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	18	3 of 10	6
2010s	129	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	105	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lev appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #572 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Lev's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#910	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #572, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lettie · #434, 17y
Letty · #1296, 15y
Levana · #3382, 10y
Leven · #3112, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lux · #572, 15y
Timofey · #572, 15y
Vivaan · #574, 18y
Chisom · #576, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fahmida · #571, 25y
Misha · #571, 29y
Roshni · #571, 29y
Samia · #571, 29y

Lev was ranked #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lev and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lev without appearing here.

Lev moved ahead of

Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4333 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.

Moved the opposite way to Lev

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Lev

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lev went from #2901 to #1162 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #572 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lev

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Lev across 2 official records

Lev by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lev across 2 official records

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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