NameTides

Lewis

Lewis was the #433 boys' name in the US in 2025 (736 babies), and #231 in England & Wales and #218 in Canada.

Lewis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Lewis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUSIreland
Lewis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#433 (736)#231 (216)#22 (151)#114 (20)#432 (8)#218 (155)—
2024#431 (734)#216 (228)#28 (136)#136 (16)#275 (15)#199 (173)—
2023#470 (648)#179 (289)#20 (180)#153 (15)#243 (18)#230 (141)—
2022#489 (623)#156 (335)#12 (234)#192 (11)#225 (22)#245 (134)—
2021#485 (609)#136 (419)#7 (254)#139 (18)#146 (41)#267 (130)—
2020#497 (588)#116 (478)#15 (224)#96 (28)#181 (28)#270 (124)#100 (74)
2019#556 (507)#112 (550)#6 (280)#122 (21)#156 (37)#299 (111)—
2018#547 (510)#104 (619)#6 (298)#93 (30)#131 (47)#321 (101)#100 (68)
2017#542 (521)#85 (790)#4 (356)#88 (34)#125 (50)#330 (99)#90 (72)
2016#506 (592)#75 (884)#4 (321)#74 (45)#162 (38)#314 (110)#86 (76)
2015#568 (495)#56 (1,148)#4 (371)#51 (59)#157 (41)#332 (97)#88 (71)
2014#594 (463)#46 (1,236)#3 (411)#46 (66)#127 (52)#334 (96)—
2013#634 (389)#46 (1,329)#3 (382)#60 (52)#192 (32)#491 (57)#79 (85)
2012#636 (378)#43 (1,654)#2 (438)#63 (53)#182 (35)#420 (67)—
2011#630 (371)#39 (2,035)#2 (498)#48 (69)#132 (53)#484 (56)#97 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #30.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 410common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lewis is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lewis by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #221WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #228WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #156MNIllinois: #470ILMichigan: #270MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #263ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #293IAIndiana: #379INOhio: #340OHPennsylvania: #415PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #572CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #251CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #264MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #393GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #602FL
Lewis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#18230
Ontario2024#26152

Lewis (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LewisCanadaBoys#218155
LewisEngland & WalesBoys#231216
LewisIrelandBoys#4328
LewisNorthern IrelandBoys#11420
LewisScotlandBoys#22151
LewisUSGirls—too few
LewisUSBoys#433736
LewisVICBoys—too few