Lew was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Lew as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#12,008 (5)
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2023
#6,897 (12)
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2022
#12,330 (5)
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2021
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#4,789 (3)
2016
#10,744 (6)
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1996
#9,015 (5)
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1992
#8,435 (5)
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1991
#5,942 (8)
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1989
#7,905 (5)
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1988
#6,426 (6)
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1987
#6,089 (6)
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1986
#4,130 (10)
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1984
#6,315 (5)
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1983
#3,884 (10)
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1982
#5,619 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1880 at #381.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.