How rare is the name Lewis?

63,422 people in the United States have the first name Lewis, about 1 in 4,762. It ranks #780 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEWIS

#780

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
63,422
About
1 in 4,762
This common or more
66.3%
Who bears it

Of the 63,422 people named Lewis, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 18.4% as Black and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lewis peaked in 1921, when 2,731 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
2,731
In 2025*
736 ▼73%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 156,636 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lewis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #115. The largest share of babies named Lewis, 27.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1154,341
1890s#1773,715
1900s#2114,060
1910s#17117,911
1920s#18925,491
1930s#22220,143
1940s#25121,040
1950s#35018,214
1960s#47711,768
1970s#5887,600
1980s#7185,900
1990s#1,0144,533
2000s#1,3973,430
2010s#1,2204,552
2020s#9513,938
Before 19015.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.6%
Baby boom 1946–6421.5%
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–123.6%
2013 and later4.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lewis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lewis has been most common in West Virginia (2.5×), South Carolina (2.4×), and Virginia (2.3×), and least common in Alaska (0.27×).

140,404 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lewis

#778 Jonah · 63,551#779 Kristy · 63,534#781 Lloyd · 63,231#782 Mateo · 63,143

Also a last name

As a last name, Lewis ranks #30 of 156,621, with 515,459 people. See Lewis as a last name

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