Lewis
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #433 for boys in 2025, 736 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 517 births
- Debut · boys
- 517 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 56 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 155,766since 1880
Lewis over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #433 | 736 | |
| 2024 | — | #431 | 734 | |
| 2023 | — | #470 | 648 | |
| 2022 | — | #489 | 623 | |
| 2021 | — | #485 | 609 | |
| 2020 | — | #497 | 588 | |
| 2019 | — | #556 | 507 | |
| 2018 | — | #547 | 510 | |
| 2017 | — | #542 | 521 | |
| 2016 | — | #506 | 592 | |
| 2015 | — | #568 | 495 | |
| 2014 | — | #594 | 463 | |
| 2013 | — | #634 | 389 | |
| 2012 | — | #636 | 378 | |
| 2011 | — | #630 | 371 | |
| 2010 | — | #714 | 326 | |
| 2009 | — | #725 | 326 | |
| 2008 | — | #636 | 386 | |
| 2007 | — | #694 | 340 | |
| 2006 | — | #678 | 333 | |
| 2005 | — | #656 | 328 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #624 | 338 |
| 2003 | — | #633 | 324 | |
| 2002 | — | #591 | 353 | |
| 2001 | — | #588 | 339 | |
| 2000 | — | #572 | 357 | |
| 1999 | — | #516 | 412 | |
| 1998 | — | #555 | 354 | |
| 1997 | — | #534 | 372 | |
| 1996 | — | #493 | 428 | |
| 1995 | — | #521 | 378 | |
| 1994 | — | #487 | 432 | |
| 1993 | — | #458 | 460 | |
| 1992 | — | #412 | 544 | |
| 1991 | — | #395 | 574 | |
| 1990 | — | #398 | 579 | |
| 1989 | — | #391 | 560 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #358 | 571 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #346 | 573 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #335 | 581 |
| 1985 | — | #341 | 559 | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #334 | 556 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #322 | 593 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #321 | 594 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #313 | 608 |
| 1980 | — | #305 | 646 | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #287 | 701 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #299 | 625 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #294 | 665 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #281 | 679 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #290 | 660 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #270 | 706 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #260 | 748 |
| 1972 | — | #253 | 799 | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #244 | 935 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #236 | 999 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #239 | 943 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #230 | 961 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #213 | 1,061 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #214 | 1,056 |
| 1965 | — | #216 | 1,117 | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #217 | 1,248 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #217 | 1,285 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #216 | 1,276 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #212 | 1,338 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #204 | 1,398 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #192 | 1,534 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #177 | 1,669 |
| 1957 | — | #182 | 1,672 | |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #168 | 1,767 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #160 | 1,782 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #156 | 1,838 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #155 | 1,852 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #145 | 1,995 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #135 | 1,997 |
| 1950 | — | #132 | 2,027 | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #132 | 2,081 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #130 | 2,143 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #118 | 2,439 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #118 | 2,154 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #123 | 1,836 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #112 | 2,044 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #115 | 2,181 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #112 | 2,180 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #109 | 1,973 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #107 | 1,900 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #106 | 1,856 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #109 | 1,882 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #104 | 1,836 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #101 | 1,855 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #98 | 1,974 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #94 | 2,062 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #91 | 2,037 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | #91 | 2,112 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #87 | 2,160 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #87 | 2,243 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #84 | 2,228 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | #86 | 2,339 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #82 | 2,497 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #82 | 2,444 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #79 | 2,577 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #77 | 2,670 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #74 | 2,618 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | #75 | 2,555 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #71 | 2,712 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #72 | 2,688 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | #74 | 2,429 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #74 | 2,593 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | #70 | 2,477 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #71 | 2,374 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #70 | 2,307 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #72 | 1,767 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #72 | 1,384 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #68 | 1,247 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #66 | 654 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #65 | 555 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #64 | 477 |
| 1908 | — | #61 | 489 | |
| 1907 | — | #66 | 427 | |
| 1906 | — | #69 | 365 | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #65 | 384 |
| 1904 | — | #59 | 402 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #65 | 335 |
| 1902 | — | #58 | 385 | |
| 1901 | — | #63 | 309 | |
| 1900 | — | #52 | 469 | |
| 1899 | — | #54 | 352 | |
| 1898 | — | #62 | 352 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #54 | 378 |
| 1896 | — | #56 | 386 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #57 | 377 |
| 1894 | — | #59 | 359 | |
| 1893 | — | #57 | 364 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #55 | 399 |
| 1891 | — | #50 | 357 | |
| 1890 | — | #51 | 375 | |
| 1889 | — | #47 | 414 | |
| 1888 | — | #50 | 412 | |
| 1887 | — | #49 | 343 | |
| 1886 | — | #43 | 431 | |
| 1885 | — | #42 | 437 | |
| 1884 | — | #39 | 476 | |
| 1883 | — | #38 | 431 | |
| 1882 | — | #38 | 441 | |
| 1881 | — | #35 | 439 | |
| 1880 | — | #30 | 517 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lewis was already there! It came in at #30, and was given to 517 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1907, when fewer than 430 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lewis
- 2 spots since 2024 (#431 → #433)
- 64 spots since 2020 (#497 → #433)
- 135 spots since 2015 (#568 → #433)
- Biggest jump: 84 spots in 2011 (#714 → #630)
- Biggest drop: 89 spots in 2009 (#636 → #725)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #30 (517 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 56 yrs · run 1880–1935
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 214 boys born in 1880 were named Lewis (0.47%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,321 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 16.3% of all boys named Lewis (25,328) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,341 | #30 (1880) | #41 |
| 1890s | 3,699 | #50 (1891) | #56 |
| 1900s | 4,042 | #52 (1900) | #62 |
| 1910s | 17,787 | #65 (1910) | #70 |
| 1920s | 25,328 | #71 (1921) | #78 |
| 1930s | 20,017 | #87 (1930) | #97 |
| 1940s | 20,931 | #107 (1940) | #118 |
| 1950s | 18,133 | #132 (1950) | #160 |
| 1960s | 11,683 | #204 (1960) | #218 |
| 1970s | 7,517 | #236 (1970) | #271 |
| 1980s | 5,841 | #305 (1980) | #337 |
| 1990s | 4,533 | #395 (1991) | #477 |
| 2000s | 3,424 | #572 (2000) | #640 |
| 2010s | 4,552 | #506 (2016) | #593 |
| 2020s | 3,938 | #431 (2024) | #468 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lewis in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 108,924 of them was named Lewis, which outranked 50.4% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,458Wilhelmena13
- #2,458Zada13
- #2,458Zulema13
- #2,598Lewis12
- #2,598Aggie12
- #2,598Albertine12
- #2,598Aldine12
- #2,742Adonna11
- #2,742Alaine11
- #2,742Alba11
Tied with 143 names at #2,598; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 733 of them was named Lewis, which outranked 96.7% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.