Leviticus
Boy · luh-VIT-ih-kus · Hebrew
Leviticus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “relating to the Levites”. In 2025 it ranked 2,020th for boys in the US (74 babies).
What does Leviticus mean?
Hebrew: Latin name of the third book of the Bible, from Levi
“relating to the Levites”
The third book of the Bible, named in Greek and Latin for its laws for the priestly tribe of Levi.
- Say it
- luh-VIT-ih-kus
Is Leviticus a girl's or a boy's name?
Leviticus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leviticus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,020among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were named Leviticus, making it the 2,020th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,167th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the boys named Leviticus in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leviticus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,020 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,288 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,167 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,291 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
Nicknames for Leviticus
- Levi 568 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leviticus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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