Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lewis

#224 most common boys' name of all time · #488 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#224
Rank overall
#488 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
156,636
Since 2016
6,068
Peak year
1921 #71
Best rank
#30 1880
Girls Boys peak 2,731/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lewis 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 736 736 #433
2024 — 734 734 #431
2023 — 648 648 #470
2022 — 623 623 #489
2021 — 609 609 #485
2020 — 588 588 #497
2019 — 507 507 #556
2018 — 510 510 #547
2017 — 521 521 #542
2016 — 592 592 #506
2015 — 495 495 #568
2014 — 463 463 #594
2013 — 389 389 #634
2012 — 378 378 #636
2011 — 371 371 #630
2010 — 326 326 #714
2009 — 326 326 #725
2008 — 386 386 #636
2007 — 340 340 #694
2006 — 333 333 #678
2005 — 328 328 #656
2004 6 338 344 #624
2003 — 324 324 #633
2002 — 353 353 #592
2001 — 339 339 #588
2000 — 357 357 #572
1999 — 412 412 #516
1998 — 354 354 #555
1997 — 372 372 #534
1996 — 428 428 #493
1995 — 378 378 #521
1994 — 432 432 #487
1993 — 460 460 #458
1992 — 544 544 #412
1991 — 574 574 #395
1990 — 579 579 #398
1989 — 560 560 #391
1988 5 571 576 #358
1987 7 573 580 #346
1986 9 581 590 #335
1985 — 559 559 #341
1984 10 556 566 #334
1983 8 593 601 #322
1982 7 594 601 #321
1981 13 608 621 #313
1980 — 646 646 #305
1979 10 701 711 #287
1978 9 625 634 #299
1977 6 665 671 #294
1976 11 679 690 #281
1975 10 660 670 #290
1974 9 706 715 #270
1973 7 748 755 #260
1972 — 799 799 #253
1971 9 935 944 #244
1970 12 999 1,011 #236
1969 15 943 958 #239
1968 10 961 971 #230
1967 5 1,061 1,066 #213
1966 10 1,056 1,066 #214
1965 — 1,117 1,117 #216
1964 13 1,248 1,261 #217
1963 6 1,285 1,291 #217
1962 6 1,276 1,282 #216
1961 10 1,338 1,348 #212
1960 10 1,398 1,408 #204
1959 14 1,534 1,548 #192
1958 6 1,669 1,675 #177
1957 — 1,672 1,672 #182
1956 15 1,767 1,782 #168
1955 11 1,782 1,793 #160
1954 8 1,838 1,846 #156
1953 6 1,852 1,858 #155
1952 11 1,995 2,006 #145
1951 10 1,997 2,007 #135
1950 — 2,027 2,027 #132
1949 10 2,081 2,091 #132
1948 8 2,143 2,151 #130
1947 14 2,439 2,453 #118
1946 6 2,154 2,160 #118
1945 12 1,836 1,848 #123
1944 17 2,044 2,061 #112
1943 13 2,181 2,194 #115
1942 10 2,180 2,190 #112
1941 11 1,973 1,984 #109
1940 8 1,900 1,908 #107
1939 10 1,856 1,866 #106
1938 11 1,882 1,893 #109
1937 12 1,836 1,848 #104
1936 7 1,855 1,862 #101
1935 12 1,974 1,986 #98
1934 14 2,062 2,076 #94
1933 11 2,037 2,048 #91
1932 17 2,112 2,129 #92
1931 14 2,160 2,174 #87
1930 18 2,243 2,261 #87
1929 12 2,228 2,240 #84
1928 22 2,339 2,361 #86
1927 20 2,497 2,517 #82
1926 20 2,444 2,464 #82
1925 15 2,577 2,592 #79
1924 14 2,670 2,684 #77
1923 11 2,618 2,629 #74
1922 20 2,555 2,575 #75
1921 19 2,712 2,731 #71
1920 10 2,688 2,698 #72
1919 21 2,429 2,450 #74
1918 17 2,593 2,610 #74
1917 23 2,477 2,500 #70
1916 9 2,374 2,383 #71
1915 7 2,307 2,314 #70
1914 13 1,767 1,780 #72
1913 9 1,384 1,393 #72
1912 8 1,247 1,255 #68
1911 10 654 664 #66
1910 7 555 562 #65
1909 7 477 484 #64
1908 — 489 489 #61
1907 — 427 427 #66
1906 — 365 365 #69
1905 6 384 390 #65
1904 — 402 402 #59
1903 5 335 340 #65
1902 — 385 385 #58
1901 — 309 309 #63
1900 — 469 469 #52
1899 — 352 352 #54
1898 — 352 352 #62
1897 5 378 383 #54
1896 — 386 386 #56
1895 5 377 382 #57
1894 — 359 359 #59
1893 — 364 364 #57
1892 6 399 405 #55
1891 — 357 357 #50
1890 — 375 375 #51
1889 — 414 414 #47
1888 — 412 412 #50
1887 — 343 343 #49
1886 — 431 431 #43
1885 — 437 437 #42
1884 — 476 476 #39
1883 — 431 431 #38
1882 — 441 441 #38
1881 — 439 439 #35
1880 — 517 517 #30