Levee
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- LEV-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Levee is a name of English origin, meaning “raised riverbank”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Levee mean?
English: English word, from French levée 'raised'
“raised riverbank”
A levee is a raised riverbank; in older English it also meant a royal reception held on rising in the morning.
Is Levee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Levee has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Levee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Levee, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012. 5 boys were also named Levee in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Levee in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Levee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Levee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evie Olive Hallie Rynlee Daisy Millie Birdie Nellie Lucy Lottie Nora Lettie
Names related to Levee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Levee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/levee, updated 20 October 2026.