Boy Names Starting With L

23 US boy names beginning with L, each linking to scored middle, sibling and twin name pairings. Sorted A–Z; switch to popularity below.

L names by the numbers

About 1 in 13 US boys born in 2025 has a first name beginning with L: 127,276 boys, or 7.45% of the year's recorded births. That is up from 2.11% in 1990.

Most popular L names on this page
NameRank in 2015Rank in 2025
Liam#2#1
Lucas#16#10
Levi#42#12
Luca#157#14
Leo#91#19

Of these names, Luca has moved up the most in ten years — #157 for boys in 2015, #14 in 2025.

Pair an L first name with a middle name that starts differently and the initials stay clear; the middle-name pages mark down a second L.

Boy Names starting with L

This page lists 23 boy names beginning with the letter L that are in real current use in the United States — including popular picks like Liam, Lucas, Levi. The count comes from US Social Security Administration public records: every name shown was given to at least a handful of US babies in the latest year, so this is not a list of invented or one-off spellings.

Open any name to see its pairing page — middle names, sibling names and twin names, each scored for how well it fits. Use the sort control above to switch between A–Z and 2025 popularity. To browse a different letter, go back to all boy names.