girls:
63 births since 2012
#5653 (1st percentile)
boys:
36 births since 2018
#4550 (1st percentile)
overall:
99 births since 2012
#7640 (1st percentile)
The name Levee is the #7,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 99 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,653 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 63 births since 2012. For boys, it ranks #4,550 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 36 births since 2018.
Levee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (2012 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Levee is available in 9 out of the 12 years between 2012 and 2023 (8 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Levee has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Levee were girls.
For girls, Levee reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #934) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Levee ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 91.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Levee reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #926) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Levee ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 56.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Levee".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Levee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Levee is pronounced as LEH-vee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-vee, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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