Lewis remains a common boys' name (#433 in 2025), down from a peak of #30 in 1880.
Lewis is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #433 for boy births in the United States (and #865 across all names), given to 736 babies. Lewis was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (2,712 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 736 | 736 | — | #433 |
| 2024 | 734 | 734 | — | #432 |
| 2023 | 648 | 648 | — | #470 |
| 2022 | 623 | 623 | — | #489 |
| 2021 | 609 | 609 | — | #485 |
| 2020 | 588 | 588 | — | #497 |
| 2019 | 507 | 507 | — | #557 |
| 2018 | 510 | 510 | — | #548 |
| 2017 | 521 | 521 | — | #542 |
| 2016 | 592 | 592 | — | #506 |
| 2015 | 495 | 495 | — | #568 |
| 2014 | 463 | 463 | — | #594 |
| 2013 | 389 | 389 | — | #636 |
| 2012 | 378 | 378 | — | #636 |
| 2011 | 371 | 371 | — | #630 |
| 2010 | 326 | 326 | — | #715 |
| 2009 | 326 | 326 | — | #725 |
| 2008 | 386 | 386 | — | #637 |
| 2007 | 340 | 340 | — | #694 |
| 2006 | 333 | 333 | — | #679 |
| 2005 | 328 | 328 | — | #657 |
| 2004 | 344 | 344 | #15,263 | #624 |
| 2003 | 324 | 324 | — | #633 |
| 2002 | 353 | 353 | — | #592 |
| 2001 | 339 | 344 | — | #590 |
| 2000 | 357 | 364 | — | #573 |
| 1999 | 412 | 412 | — | #516 |
| 1998 | 354 | 361 | — | #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 | 576 | — | #12,977 | #358 |
| 1987 | 580 | — | #9,358 | #346 |
| 1986 | 590 | — | #7,460 | #335 |
| 1985 | 559 | — | — | #341 |
| 1984 | 566 | — | #6,564 | #334 |
| 1983 | 601 | — | #7,712 | #322 |
| 1982 | 601 | — | #8,768 | #322 |
| 1981 | 621 | — | #5,445 | #313 |
| 1980 | 646 | — | — | #305 |
| 1979 | 711 | — | #6,472 | #287 |
| 1978 | 634 | — | #6,689 | #299 |
| 1977 | 671 | — | #9,116 | #294 |
| 1976 | 690 | — | #5,420 | #281 |
| 1975 | 670 | — | #5,784 | #290 |
| 1974 | 715 | — | #6,021 | #270 |
| 1973 | 755 | — | #7,085 | #260 |
| 1972 | 799 | — | — | #253 |
| 1971 | 944 | — | #5,796 | #244 |
| 1970 | 1,011 | — | #4,641 | #236 |
| 1969 | 958 | — | #3,708 | #240 |
| 1968 | 971 | — | #4,648 | #230 |
| 1967 | 1,066 | — | #7,364 | #213 |
| 1966 | 1,066 | — | #4,348 | #214 |
| 1965 | 1,117 | — | — | #216 |
| 1964 | 1,261 | — | #3,803 | #217 |
| 1963 | 1,291 | — | #6,260 | #217 |
| 1962 | 1,282 | — | #6,245 | #216 |
| 1961 | 1,348 | — | #4,400 | #212 |
| 1960 | 1,408 | — | #4,327 | #204 |
| 1959 | 1,548 | — | #3,354 | #192 |
| 1958 | 1,675 | — | #5,802 | #177 |
| 1957 | 1,672 | — | — | #182 |
| 1956 | 1,782 | — | #3,125 | #168 |
| 1955 | 1,793 | — | #3,684 | #160 |
| 1954 | 1,846 | — | #4,483 | #156 |
| 1953 | 1,858 | — | #5,397 | #155 |
| 1952 | 2,006 | — | #3,476 | #145 |
| 1951 | 2,007 | — | #3,619 | #135 |
| 1950 | 2,027 | — | — | #132 |
| 1949 | 2,091 | — | #3,514 | #132 |
| 1948 | 2,151 | — | #4,068 | #130 |
| 1947 | 2,453 | — | #2,840 | #118 |
| 1946 | 2,160 | — | #4,736 | #118 |
| 1945 | 1,848 | — | #2,681 | #123 |
| 1944 | 2,061 | — | #2,159 | #112 |
| 1943 | 2,194 | — | #2,639 | #115 |
| 1942 | 2,190 | — | #3,108 | #112 |
| 1941 | 1,984 | — | #2,766 | #109 |
| 1940 | 1,908 | — | #3,380 | #107 |
| 1939 | 1,866 | — | #2,833 | #107 |
| 1938 | 1,893 | — | #2,671 | #109 |
| 1937 | 1,848 | — | #2,514 | #104 |
| 1936 | 1,862 | — | #3,571 | #101 |
| 1935 | 1,986 | — | #2,505 | #98 |
| 1934 | 2,076 | — | #2,244 | #94 |
| 1933 | 2,048 | — | #2,618 | #92 |
| 1932 | 2,129 | — | #2,001 | #92 |
| 1931 | 2,174 | — | #2,260 | #87 |
| 1930 | 2,261 | — | #1,989 | #87 |
| 1929 | 2,240 | — | #2,663 | #84 |
| 1928 | 2,361 | — | #1,813 | #86 |
| 1927 | 2,517 | — | #1,984 | #82 |
| 1926 | 2,464 | — | #1,962 | #82 |
| 1925 | 2,592 | — | #2,446 | #79 |
| 1924 | 2,684 | — | #2,608 | #77 |
| 1923 | 2,629 | — | #3,033 | #74 |
| 1922 | 2,575 | — | #1,993 | #75 |
| 1921 | 2,731 | — | #2,084 | #71 |
| 1920 | 2,698 | — | #3,236 | #72 |
| 1919 | 2,450 | — | #1,826 | #74 |
| 1918 | 2,610 | — | #2,157 | #74 |
| 1917 | 2,500 | — | #1,624 | #70 |
| 1916 | 2,383 | — | #3,156 | #71 |
| 1915 | 2,314 | — | #3,630 | #70 |
| 1914 | 1,780 | — | #1,964 | #72 |
| 1913 | 1,393 | — | #2,246 | #72 |
| 1912 | 1,255 | — | #2,260 | #68 |
| 1911 | 664 | — | #1,605 | #66 |
| 1910 | 562 | — | #2,034 | #65 |
| 1909 | 484 | — | #1,879 | #65 |
| 1908 | 489 | — | — | #61 |
| 1907 | 427 | — | — | #66 |
| 1906 | 365 | — | — | #69 |
| 1905 | 390 | — | #1,820 | #65 |
| 1904 | 402 | — | — | #59 |
| 1903 | 340 | — | #1,945 | #65 |
| 1902 | 385 | — | — | #59 |
| 1901 | 309 | — | — | #63 |
| 1900 | 469 | — | — | #52 |
| 1899 | 352 | — | — | #54 |
| 1898 | 352 | — | — | #62 |
| 1897 | 383 | — | #1,679 | #55 |
| 1896 | 386 | — | — | #56 |
| 1895 | 382 | — | #1,725 | #58 |
| 1894 | 359 | — | — | #59 |
| 1893 | 364 | — | — | #57 |
| 1892 | 405 | — | #1,369 | #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 |