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

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Peak · boys
1880 · 517 births
Debut · boys
517 births
In top 100 · boys
56 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
155,766
since 1880

Lewis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #30, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#433736
2024#431734
2023#470648
2022#489623
2021#485609
2020#497588
2019#556507
2018#547510
2017#542521
2016#506592
2015#568495
2014#594463
2013#634389
2012#636378
2011#630371
2010#714326
2009#725326
2008#636386
2007#694340
2006#678333
2005#656328
2004#14,1796#624338
2003#633324
2002#591353
2001#588339
2000#572357
1999#516412
1998#555354
1997#534372
1996#493428
1995#521378
1994#487432
1993#458460
1992#412544
1991#395574
1990#398579
1989#391560
1988#11,7985#358571
1987#8,7787#346573
1986#7,1349#335581
1985#341559
1984#6,29110#334556
1983#7,3128#322593
1982#8,2247#321594
1981#5,25413#313608
1980#305646
1979#6,18910#287701
1978#6,3859#299625
1977#8,4446#294665
1976#5,21511#281679
1975#5,51610#290660
1974#5,7769#270706
1973#6,6667#260748
1972#253799
1971#5,5439#244935
1970#4,49212#236999
1969#3,61915#239943
1968#4,48910#230961
1967#6,8045#2131,061
1966#4,19810#2141,056
1965#2161,117
1964#3,69213#2171,248
1963#5,8916#2171,285
1962#5,8606#2161,276
1961#4,23910#2121,338
1960#4,18410#2041,398
1959#3,25414#1921,534
1958#5,4086#1771,669
1957#1821,672
1956#3,04815#1681,767
1955#3,57111#1601,782
1954#4,2788#1561,838
1953#5,0406#1551,852
1952#3,37211#1451,995
1951#3,48210#1351,997
1950#1322,027
1949#3,39310#1322,081
1948#3,8838#1302,143
1947#2,76914#1182,439
1946#4,4176#1182,154
1945#2,59812#1231,836
1944#2,09617#1122,044
1943#2,55813#1152,181
1942#2,98610#1122,180
1941#2,66811#1091,973
1940#3,2088#1071,900
1939#2,73610#1061,856
1938#2,57911#1091,882
1937#2,44812#1041,836
1936#3,3767#1011,855
1935#2,43912#981,974
1934#2,18714#942,062
1933#2,54011#912,037
1932#1,95717#912,112
1931#2,20514#872,160
1930#1,93418#872,243
1929#2,58712#842,228
1928#1,78422#862,339
1927#1,93520#822,497
1926#1,93220#822,444
1925#2,37815#792,577
1924#2,51414#772,670
1923#2,91711#742,618
1922#1,95720#752,555
1921#2,04819#712,712
1920#3,09710#722,688
1919#1,80121#742,429
1918#2,10217#742,593
1917#1,60523#702,477
1916#3,0319#712,374
1915#3,4347#702,307
1914#1,89613#721,767
1913#2,1649#721,384
1912#2,1448#681,247
1911#1,54510#66654
1910#1,9357#65555
1909#1,7637#64477
1908#61489
1907#66427
1906#69365
1905#1,6966#65384
1904#59402
1903#1,7925#65335
1902#58385
1901#63309
1900#52469
1899#54352
1898#62352
1897#1,5555#54378
1896#56386
1895#1,5925#57377
1894#59359
1893#57364
1892#1,2786#55399
1891#50357
1890#51375
1889#47414
1888#50412
1887#49343
1886#43431
1885#42437
1884#39476
1883#38431
1882#38441
1881#35439
1880#30517
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #30 (517 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 56 yrs · run 1880–1935
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 214
  • Highest: 1 in 214 boys born in 1880 were named Lewis (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,321 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.3% of all boys named Lewis (25,328) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,341#30 (1880)#41
1890s3,699#50 (1891)#56
1900s4,042#52 (1900)#62
1910s17,787#65 (1910)#70
1920s25,328#71 (1921)#78
1930s20,017#87 (1930)#97
1940s20,931#107 (1940)#118
1950s18,133#132 (1950)#160
1960s11,683#204 (1960)#218
1970s7,517#236 (1970)#271
1980s5,841#305 (1980)#337
1990s4,533#395 (1991)#477
2000s3,424#572 (2000)#640
2010s4,552#506 (2016)#593
2020s3,938#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 1963

girls
#5,891
6 births · 1 in 321,251 girls
boys
#217
1,285 births · 1 in 1,581 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #5,891Lewis6

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #217Lewis1,285
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 321,251 of them was named Lewis, which outranked 23.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lewis
  1. #5,296Xavier7
  2. #5,296Yamile7
  3. #5,296Zenna7
  4. #5,891Lewis6
  5. #5,891Acquanetta6
  6. #5,891Adline6
  7. #5,891Adona6
  8. #6,592Abagail5
  9. #6,592Abigale5
  10. #6,592Adah5

Tied with 700 names at #5,891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 1,581 of them was named Lewis, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lewis
  1. #214Alexander1,308
  2. #215Alex1,306
  3. #216Floyd1,293
  4. #217Lewis1,285
  5. #218Ruben1,260
  6. #219Byron1,244
  7. #220Allan1,220
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963