Lev is a distinctive choice, ranked #953 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Lev in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#953
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About the Name Lev
Lev is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 473 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #910 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1998.
Lev is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Lev in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Lev
Lev Vinokur — Lev Vinokur is an Israeli figure skater.
Lev Kamenev — Lev Borisovich Kamenev was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician.
Lev Vekker — Lev Markovich Vekker, Russian: Лев Маркович Веккер was a Russian and American psychologist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Lev
Unlikely. With around 32 UK babies named Lev per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Lev in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Lev is rising: up 682 places since 2020, to #953 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #910 in 2023.
Lev is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Lev include: Lev Vinokur and Lev Parnas. Short summaries for each appear below.
Lev does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Levs in the wild.
32
UK babies named Lev (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 682 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Lev
Almost certainly the only Lev in the class
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UK Popularity (1998–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Lev
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Lev Leonidovich (Aronovich) Shvartzman (Russian: Лев Леони́дович (Аронович) Шва́рцман; 25 July 1907 – 13 May 1955) was a Soviet MGB officer, notorious for his brutality, who was executed for using torture to extract false confessions from prisoners.
Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii (Russian: Лев Петро́вич Пита́евский [ˈlʲef pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtajɪfskʲɪj]; 18 January 1933 – 23 August 2022) was a Russian theoretical physicist, who made contributions to the theory of quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, low-temperature physics, plasma physics, and condensed matter physics.