Lew
#2,948 most common boys' name of all time · #7,146 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#2,948
Rank overall
#7,146 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
2,208
Since 2016
28
Peak year
1957 #1,029
Best rank
#389 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 59/yr
Lew is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,026 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,902 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,342 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,753 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,027 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,454 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,953 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,927 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,444 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,109 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,145 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,338 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,892 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,638 |
| 1981 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,422 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,436 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,415 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,169 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,136 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,027 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,433 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,205 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,024 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,824 |
| 1971 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,473 |
| 1970 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,942 |
| 1969 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,730 |
| 1968 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,698 |
| 1967 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,762 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1965 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,626 |
| 1964 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,907 |
| 1963 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,457 |
| 1962 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,388 |
| 1961 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,370 |
| 1960 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,275 |
| 1959 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,036 |
| 1958 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,115 |
| 1957 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #1,029 |
| 1956 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #1,300 |
| 1955 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,275 |
| 1954 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,361 |
| 1953 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,232 |
| 1952 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,247 |
| 1951 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,299 |
| 1950 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,257 |
| 1949 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,438 |
| 1948 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,464 |
| 1947 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,119 |
| 1946 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,158 |
| 1945 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,207 |
| 1944 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,257 |
| 1943 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,240 |
| 1942 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,109 |
| 1940 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,158 |
| 1939 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,197 |
| 1938 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,175 |
| 1937 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,268 |
| 1936 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,230 |
| 1934 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,190 |
| 1933 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,253 |
| 1932 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,218 |
| 1931 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,146 |
| 1930 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1929 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,566 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,057 |
| 1927 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1926 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1925 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,416 |
| 1923 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1922 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,771 |
| 1921 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,391 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,823 |
| 1919 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,233 |
| 1917 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,178 |
| 1916 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1915 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,308 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,345 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,208 |
| 1912 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,001 |
| 1911 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,126 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,126 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,469 |
| 1908 | — | 17 | 17 | #638 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,010 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,086 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1902 | — | 10 | 10 | #754 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #958 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,066 |
| 1896 | — | 11 | 11 | #687 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #754 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #736 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #781 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #644 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #647 |
| 1890 | — | 9 | 9 | #680 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #681 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #712 |
| 1887 | — | 13 | 13 | #498 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #769 |
| 1885 | — | 18 | 18 | #426 |
| 1884 | — | 15 | 15 | #490 |
| 1883 | — | 11 | 11 | #561 |
| 1882 | — | 16 | 16 | #456 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #606 |
| 1880 | — | 20 | 20 | #389 |