Lewis

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Lewis is a masculine English-language given name. It was coined as an anglicisation of given names in other languages. "Lewis" has been used to anglicise the Irish name "Lugaid", the German name "Ludwig", and the French name "Louis".

From Wikipedia

Lewis first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 2,712 babies (rank #71 that year). In 2024 it was given to 728 boys (rank #433). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Lewis

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lewis yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

155,889

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

2,712

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Lewis

Lewis HamiltonFormula One driver · b. 1985
Lewis Milestonefilm editor · b. 1895
Lewis Mumfordhistorian of technology · b. 1895
Lewis Capaldisinger-songwriter · b. 1996
Lewis Hinesociologist · b. 1874

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	517	#30
1881	439	#35
1882	441	#39
1883	431	#38
1884	476	#39
1885	437	#42
1886	431	#43
1887	343	#49
1888	412	#50
1889	414	#47
1890	375	#51
1891	357	#50
1892	399	#55
1893	364	#57
1894	359	#59
1895	377	#58
1896	386	#56
1897	378	#55
1898	352	#62
1899	352	#54
1900	469	#52
1901	309	#63
1902	385	#59
1903	335	#65
1904	402	#59
1905	384	#65
1906	365	#69
1907	427	#66
1908	489	#61
1909	477	#65
1910	555	#65
1911	654	#66
1912	1,247	#68
1913	1,384	#72
1914	1,767	#72
1915	2,307	#70
1916	2,374	#71
1917	2,477	#70
1918	2,593	#74
1919	2,429	#74
1920	2,688	#72
1921	2,712	#71
1922	2,555	#75
1923	2,618	#74
1924	2,670	#77
1925	2,577	#79
1926	2,444	#82
1927	2,497	#82
1928	2,339	#86
1929	2,228	#84
1930	2,243	#87
1931	2,160	#87
1932	2,112	#92
1933	2,037	#92
1934	2,062	#94
1935	1,974	#98
1936	1,855	#100
1937	1,836	#104
1938	1,882	#109
1939	1,856	#107
1940	1,900	#107
1941	1,973	#109
1942	2,180	#112
1943	2,181	#115
1944	2,044	#112
1945	1,836	#123
1946	2,154	#118
1947	2,439	#118
1948	2,143	#130
1949	2,081	#132
1950	2,028	#132
1951	1,997	#135
1952	1,995	#145
1953	1,852	#155
1954	1,838	#156
1955	1,782	#160
1956	1,767	#168
1957	1,672	#182
1958	1,669	#177
1959	1,534	#192
1960	1,398	#204
1961	1,338	#212
1962	1,276	#216
1963	1,284	#217
1964	1,248	#217
1965	1,117	#216
1966	1,056	#214
1967	1,061	#213
1968	962	#230
1969	942	#240
1970	999	#236
1971	934	#246
1972	800	#253
1973	748	#261
1974	707	#270
1975	660	#290
1976	679	#281
1977	665	#294
1978	625	#299
1979	701	#287
1980	645	#306
1981	608	#313
1982	594	#322
1983	594	#322
1984	556	#334
1985	559	#341
1986	581	#335
1987	573	#346
1988	571	#358
1989	560	#391
1990	579	#398
1991	574	#396
1992	544	#413
1993	460	#458
1994	432	#487
1995	378	#521
1996	428	#494
1997	372	#536
1998	354	#558
1999	412	#516
2000	356	#573
2001	339	#590
2002	353	#592
2003	324	#633
2004	337	#627
2005	328	#657
2006	333	#679
2007	339	#695
2008	386	#637
2009	326	#725
2010	326	#715
2011	371	#630
2012	378	#636
2013	389	#635
2014	463	#594
2015	495	#568
2016	592	#506
2017	521	#542
2018	510	#548
2019	507	#556
2020	588	#497
2021	607	#487
2022	622	#489
2023	648	#470
2024	728	#433