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Lewis

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOO-is
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#150 for boys
US rank, 2025
#433 for boys
Style
Classic, big in Scotland

Lewis is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 150th for boys in the UK (387 babies) and 433rd for boys in the US (736 babies).

What does Lewis mean?

Germanic: English form of Louis, via French

“famous in battle”

The English form of Louis; Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was the pen name of Charles Dodgson.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lewis a girl's or a boy's name?

Lewis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 387 boys in the UK and 736 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lewis in the UK?

Rank in 2025
150th among boys
Babies in 2025
387 about 1 in 770 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 51% in five years
Same name in a class
1.8% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 387 boys in the UK were named Lewis, making it the 150th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 88th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 5,776 boys.

Half of all the boys named Lewis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 231st in England and Wales, 22nd in Scotland and 114th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#70), 1914 (#78), 1924 (#98), 1984 (#66), 1994 (#22), 2004 (#14) and 2014 (#46).

1996Busiest: 5,776 in 19992025
Lewis in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025387#150
2024380#157
2023484#122
2022580#109
2021691#96
2020730#88
2019851#79
2018947#75
20171,180#58
20161,250#56
20151,578#44
20141,713#42
20131,763#43
20122,145#39
20112,602#34
20103,223#20
20093,771#15
20084,285#13
20074,319#12
20063,999#16
20054,165#15
20044,692#13
20034,977#12
20025,133#11
20015,485#10
20005,440#11
19995,776#11
19985,213#13
19974,673#21
19964,042#23

How popular is Lewis in the US?

Rank in 2025
433rd among boys
Babies in 2025
736 about 1 in 2,300 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 736 boys in the US were named Lewis, making it the 433rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 497th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 2,712 boys.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had more boys named Lewis than any year since 1973.

Half of all the boys named Lewis in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,712 in 19212025
Lewis in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025736#433
2024734#431
2023648#470
2022623#489
2021609#485
2020588#497
2019507#556
2018510#547
2017521#542
2016592#506
2015495#568
2014463#594
2013389#634
2012378#636
2011371#630
2010326#714
2009326#725
2008386#636
2007340#694
2006333#678
2005328#656
2004338#624
2003324#633
2002353#591
2001339#588
2000357#572
1999412#516
1998354#555
1997372#534
1996428#493
1995378#521
1994432#487
1993460#458
1992544#412
1991574#395
1990579#397
1989560#391
1988571#358
1987573#346
1986581#335
1985559#341
1984556#334
1983593#322
1982594#321
1981608#313
1980646#305
1979701#287
1978625#299
1977665#294
1976679#281
1975660#290
1974706#270
1973748#260
1972799#253
1971935#244
1970999#236
1969943#239
1968961#230
19671,061#213
19661,056#214
19651,117#216
19641,248#217
19631,285#217
19621,276#216
19611,338#212
19601,398#204
19591,534#192
19581,669#177
19571,672#182
19561,767#168
19551,782#160
19541,838#156
19531,852#155
19521,995#145
19511,997#135
19502,027#132
19492,081#132
19482,143#130
19472,439#118
19462,154#118
19451,836#123
19442,044#112
19432,181#115
19422,180#112
19411,973#109
19401,900#107
19391,856#106
19381,882#109
19371,836#104
19361,855#101
19351,974#98
19342,062#94
19332,037#91
19322,112#91
19312,160#87
19302,243#87
19292,228#84
19282,339#86
19272,497#82
19262,444#82
19252,577#79
19242,670#77
19232,618#74
19222,555#75
19212,712#71
19202,688#72
19192,429#74
19182,593#74
19172,477#70
19162,374#71
19152,307#70
19141,767#72
19131,384#72
19121,247#68
1911654#66
1910555#65
1909477#64
1908489#61
1907427#66
1906365#69
1905384#65
1904402#59
1903335#65
1902385#58
1901309#63
1900469#52
1899352#54
1898352#62
1897378#54
1896386#56
1895377#57
1894359#59
1893364#57
1892399#55
1891357#50
1890375#51
1889414#47
1888412#50
1887343#49
1886431#43
1885437#42
1884476#39
1883431#38
1882441#38
1881439#35
1880517#30

Nicknames for Lewis

Names like Lewis

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charles, William, Harry, Thomas, Leon, Robert, Harvey, James, Charlie, Ellis, Joseph, Billy

Other spellings of Lewis

Lewys

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Lottie

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lewis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lewis, updated 20 October 2026.