Meaning not yet researched.
Lewis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 736 in 2025. Its best rank was #30 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #30 in 1880; #433 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lewis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#433 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #30.
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Lewis: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 736 boys in 2025. Peak: #30 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 2,712 (1921).
In 2025, 736 US boys were named Lewis, making it the 433rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #432 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 734 boys named Lewis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #30, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,712, in 1921. For comparison, it was #568 in 2015 and #132 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lewis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 517 babies with the name. In all, 156,636 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 25,491 babies named Lewis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,068 US boys were named Lewis; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 736. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,321 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lewis ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #116 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Louis (409,317 babies since 1880), Luis (294,500 babies since 1880), Louie (33,338 babies since 1880) and Luigi (4,305 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Lewis in the open dataset we use.
Lewis is listed as a nickname for Louis.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 5 | #116 | — |
| Montana | 10 | #138 | — |
| Minnesota | 42 | #161 | #215 |
| Alaska | 5 | #183 | — |
| North Dakota | 6 | #213 | — |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #227 | #500 |
| Washington | 35 | #231 | #351 |
| Colorado | 26 | #256 | #620 |
| Missouri | 26 | #267 | #508 |
| Michigan | 37 | #273 | #656 |
| Oregon | 16 | #276 | #415 |
| Utah | 17 | #293 | #409 |
| Iowa | 13 | #299 | #440 |
| Kansas | 12 | #314 | #495 |
| Ohio | 33 | #345 | #433 |
| Virginia | 22 | #375 | #509 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #379 | #512 |
| Indiana | 19 | #388 | #608 |
| Georgia | 29 | #400 | #528 |
| Idaho | 6 | #410 | — |
| Nebraska | 6 | #412 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | #419 | #688 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #451 | #407 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #454 | #785 |
| Maryland | 11 | #457 | #678 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #457 | #431 |
| North Carolina | 23 | #469 | #397 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #474 | — |
| Illinois | 22 | #480 | #629 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #541 | — |
| California | 52 | #578 | #715 |
| Florida | 28 | #611 | #1,070 |
| Arizona | 11 | #612 | #845 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #680 | #925 |
| Alabama | 6 | #729 | #402 |
| New York | 20 | #735 | #492 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #764 | #675 |
| Texas | 36 | #768 | #791 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 736 | #433 |
| 2024 | — | — | 734 | #432 |
| 2023 | — | — | 648 | #470 |
| 2022 | — | — | 623 | #489 |
| 2021 | — | — | 609 | #485 |
| 2020 | — | — | 588 | #497 |
| 2019 | — | — | 507 | #557 |
| 2018 | — | — | 510 | #548 |
| 2017 | — | — | 521 | #542 |
| 2016 | — | — | 592 | #506 |
| 2015 | — | — | 495 | #568 |
| 2014 | — | — | 463 | #594 |
| 2013 | — | — | 389 | #636 |
| 2012 | — | — | 378 | #636 |
| 2011 | — | — | 371 | #630 |
| 2010 | — | — | 326 | #715 |
| 2009 | — | — | 326 | #725 |
| 2008 | — | — | 386 | #637 |
| 2007 | — | — | 340 | #694 |
| 2006 | — | — | 333 | #679 |
| 2005 | — | — | 328 | #657 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,263 | 338 | #624 |
| 2003 | — | — | 324 | #633 |
| 2002 | — | — | 353 | #592 |
| 2001 | — | — | 339 | #590 |
| 2000 | — | — | 357 | #573 |
| 1999 | — | — | 412 | #516 |
| 1998 | — | — | 354 | #558 |
| 1997 | — | — | 372 | #536 |
| 1996 | — | — | 428 | #494 |
| 1995 | — | — | 378 | #521 |
| 1994 | — | — | 432 | #487 |
| 1993 | — | — | 460 | #458 |
| 1992 | — | — | 544 | #413 |
| 1991 | — | — | 574 | #396 |
| 1990 | — | — | 579 | #398 |
| 1989 | — | — | 560 | #391 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,977 | 571 | #358 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,358 | 573 | #346 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,460 | 581 | #335 |
| 1985 | — | — | 559 | #341 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,564 | 556 | #334 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,712 | 593 | #322 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,768 | 594 | #322 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,445 | 608 | #313 |
| 1980 | — | — | 646 | #305 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,472 | 701 | #287 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,689 | 625 | #299 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,116 | 665 | #294 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,420 | 679 | #281 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,784 | 660 | #290 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,021 | 706 | #270 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,085 | 748 | #260 |
| 1972 | — | — | 799 | #253 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,796 | 935 | #244 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,641 | 999 | #236 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,708 | 943 | #240 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,648 | 961 | #230 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,364 | 1,061 | #213 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,348 | 1,056 | #214 |
| 1965 | — | — | 1,117 | #216 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,803 | 1,248 | #217 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,260 | 1,285 | #217 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,245 | 1,276 | #216 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,400 | 1,338 | #212 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,327 | 1,398 | #204 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,354 | 1,534 | #192 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,802 | 1,669 | #177 |
| 1957 | — | — | 1,672 | #182 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,125 | 1,767 | #168 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,684 | 1,782 | #160 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,483 | 1,838 | #156 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,397 | 1,852 | #155 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,476 | 1,995 | #145 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,619 | 1,997 | #135 |
| 1950 | — | — | 2,027 | #132 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,514 | 2,081 | #132 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,068 | 2,143 | #130 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,840 | 2,439 | #118 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,736 | 2,154 | #118 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,681 | 1,836 | #123 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,159 | 2,044 | #112 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,639 | 2,181 | #115 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,108 | 2,180 | #112 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,766 | 1,973 | #109 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,380 | 1,900 | #107 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,833 | 1,856 | #107 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,671 | 1,882 | #109 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,514 | 1,836 | #104 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,571 | 1,855 | #101 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,505 | 1,974 | #98 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,244 | 2,062 | #94 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,618 | 2,037 | #92 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,001 | 2,112 | #92 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,260 | 2,160 | #87 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,989 | 2,243 | #87 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,663 | 2,228 | #84 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,813 | 2,339 | #86 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,984 | 2,497 | #82 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,962 | 2,444 | #82 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,446 | 2,577 | #79 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,608 | 2,670 | #77 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,033 | 2,618 | #74 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,993 | 2,555 | #75 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,084 | 2,712 | #71 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,236 | 2,688 | #72 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,826 | 2,429 | #74 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,157 | 2,593 | #74 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,624 | 2,477 | #70 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,156 | 2,374 | #71 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,630 | 2,307 | #70 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,964 | 1,767 | #72 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,246 | 1,384 | #72 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,260 | 1,247 | #68 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,605 | 654 | #66 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,034 | 555 | #65 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,879 | 477 | #65 |
| 1908 | — | — | 489 | #61 |
| 1907 | — | — | 427 | #66 |
| 1906 | — | — | 365 | #69 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,820 | 384 | #65 |
| 1904 | — | — | 402 | #59 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,945 | 335 | #65 |
| 1902 | — | — | 385 | #59 |
| 1901 | — | — | 309 | #63 |
| 1900 | — | — | 469 | #52 |
| 1899 | — | — | 352 | #54 |
| 1898 | — | — | 352 | #62 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,679 | 378 | #55 |
| 1896 | — | — | 386 | #56 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,725 | 377 | #58 |
| 1894 | — | — | 359 | #59 |
| 1893 | — | — | 364 | #57 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,369 | 399 | #55 |
| 1891 | — | — | 357 | #50 |
| 1890 | — | — | 375 | #51 |
| 1889 | — | — | 414 | #47 |
| 1888 | — | — | 412 | #50 |
| 1887 | — | — | 343 | #49 |
| 1886 | — | — | 431 | #43 |
| 1885 | — | — | 437 | #42 |
| 1884 | — | — | 476 | #39 |
| 1883 | — | — | 431 | #38 |
| 1882 | — | — | 441 | #39 |
| 1881 | — | — | 439 | #35 |
| 1880 | — | — | 517 | #30 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).