Lewis
Lewis is ranked 433rd among boys in 2024 (728 births). Its best rank was 30th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #433up 37 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7280.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 19212,712 births
- Best rank
- #30in 1880
- Since 1880
- 155,019people given the name
The story in the numbers
155,019 boys have been named Lewis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 2,712 births — 0.25% of all boys recorded that year.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago (rank 594 → 433).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 57 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lewis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,341 | |
| 1890s | 3,699 | |
| 1900s | 4,042 | |
| 1910s | 17,787 | |
| 1920s | 25,328 | |
| 1930s | 20,017 | |
| 1940s | 20,931 | |
| 1950s | 18,134 | |
| 1960s | 11,682 | |
| 1970s | 7,518 | |
| 1980s | 5,841 | |
| 1990s | 4,533 | |
| 2000s | 3,421 | |
| 2010s | 4,552 | |
| 2020s | 3,193 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Lewis was the 71st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Lewis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgepeak 1921
- Arthurpeak 1921
- Albertpeak 1921
- Hughpeak 1916
- Harmonpeak 1921
- Frankpeak 1918
- Walterpeak 1918
- Lymanpeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.