Lev
Boy · LEV · Slavic
Lev is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 999th for boys in the US (227 babies).
What does Lev mean?
Slavic: Russian form of Leo; also a Hebrew word
“lion”
The Russian form of Leo, borne by the novelist Lev (Leo) Tolstoy; in Hebrew, lev means heart.
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Is Lev a girl's or a boy's name?
Lev is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 227 boys in the US.
How popular is Lev in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Lev, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lev in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 953rd in England and Wales.
Lev in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 36 | #950 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Lev in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #999among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 227about 1 in 7,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 227 boys in the US were named Lev, making it the 999th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,109th. It first appears in the records in 1971. 9 girls were also named Lev in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Lev of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Lev in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lev in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 227 | #999 |
| 2024 | 215 | #1,035 |
| 2023 | 197 | #1,088 |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,015 |
| 2021 | 203 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 178 | #1,109 |
| 2019 | 208 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 184 | #1,077 |
| 2017 | 140 | #1,293 |
| 2016 | 156 | #1,208 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,287 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,473 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,578 |
| 2012 | 76 | #1,890 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,865 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
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