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).
Lewis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 387 | #150 |
| 2024 | 380 | #157 |
| 2023 | 484 | #122 |
| 2022 | 580 | #109 |
| 2021 | 691 | #96 |
| 2020 | 730 | #88 |
| 2019 | 851 | #79 |
| 2018 | 947 | #75 |
| 2017 | 1,180 | #58 |
| 2016 | 1,250 | #56 |
| 2015 | 1,578 | #44 |
| 2014 | 1,713 | #42 |
| 2013 | 1,763 | #43 |
| 2012 | 2,145 | #39 |
| 2011 | 2,602 | #34 |
| 2010 | 3,223 | #20 |
| 2009 | 3,771 | #15 |
| 2008 | 4,285 | #13 |
| 2007 | 4,319 | #12 |
| 2006 | 3,999 | #16 |
| 2005 | 4,165 | #15 |
| 2004 | 4,692 | #13 |
| 2003 | 4,977 | #12 |
| 2002 | 5,133 | #11 |
| 2001 | 5,485 | #10 |
| 2000 | 5,440 | #11 |
| 1999 | 5,776 | #11 |
| 1998 | 5,213 | #13 |
| 1997 | 4,673 | #21 |
| 1996 | 4,042 | #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.
Lewis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 736 | #433 |
| 2024 | 734 | #431 |
| 2023 | 648 | #470 |
| 2022 | 623 | #489 |
| 2021 | 609 | #485 |
| 2020 | 588 | #497 |
| 2019 | 507 | #556 |
| 2018 | 510 | #547 |
| 2017 | 521 | #542 |
| 2016 | 592 | #506 |
| 2015 | 495 | #568 |
| 2014 | 463 | #594 |
| 2013 | 389 | #634 |
| 2012 | 378 | #636 |
| 2011 | 371 | #630 |
| 2010 | 326 | #714 |
| 2009 | 326 | #725 |
| 2008 | 386 | #636 |
| 2007 | 340 | #694 |
| 2006 | 333 | #678 |
| 2005 | 328 | #656 |
| 2004 | 338 | #624 |
| 2003 | 324 | #633 |
| 2002 | 353 | #591 |
| 2001 | 339 | #588 |
| 2000 | 357 | #572 |
| 1999 | 412 | #516 |
| 1998 | 354 | #555 |
| 1997 | 372 | #534 |
| 1996 | 428 | #493 |
| 1995 | 378 | #521 |
| 1994 | 432 | #487 |
| 1993 | 460 | #458 |
| 1992 | 544 | #412 |
| 1991 | 574 | #395 |
| 1990 | 579 | #397 |
| 1989 | 560 | #391 |
| 1988 | 571 | #358 |
| 1987 | 573 | #346 |
| 1986 | 581 | #335 |
| 1985 | 559 | #341 |
| 1984 | 556 | #334 |
| 1983 | 593 | #322 |
| 1982 | 594 | #321 |
| 1981 | 608 | #313 |
| 1980 | 646 | #305 |
| 1979 | 701 | #287 |
| 1978 | 625 | #299 |
| 1977 | 665 | #294 |
| 1976 | 679 | #281 |
| 1975 | 660 | #290 |
| 1974 | 706 | #270 |
| 1973 | 748 | #260 |
| 1972 | 799 | #253 |
| 1971 | 935 | #244 |
| 1970 | 999 | #236 |
| 1969 | 943 | #239 |
| 1968 | 961 | #230 |
| 1967 | 1,061 | #213 |
| 1966 | 1,056 | #214 |
| 1965 | 1,117 | #216 |
| 1964 | 1,248 | #217 |
| 1963 | 1,285 | #217 |
| 1962 | 1,276 | #216 |
| 1961 | 1,338 | #212 |
| 1960 | 1,398 | #204 |
| 1959 | 1,534 | #192 |
| 1958 | 1,669 | #177 |
| 1957 | 1,672 | #182 |
| 1956 | 1,767 | #168 |
| 1955 | 1,782 | #160 |
| 1954 | 1,838 | #156 |
| 1953 | 1,852 | #155 |
| 1952 | 1,995 | #145 |
| 1951 | 1,997 | #135 |
| 1950 | 2,027 | #132 |
| 1949 | 2,081 | #132 |
| 1948 | 2,143 | #130 |
| 1947 | 2,439 | #118 |
| 1946 | 2,154 | #118 |
| 1945 | 1,836 | #123 |
| 1944 | 2,044 | #112 |
| 1943 | 2,181 | #115 |
| 1942 | 2,180 | #112 |
| 1941 | 1,973 | #109 |
| 1940 | 1,900 | #107 |
| 1939 | 1,856 | #106 |
| 1938 | 1,882 | #109 |
| 1937 | 1,836 | #104 |
| 1936 | 1,855 | #101 |
| 1935 | 1,974 | #98 |
| 1934 | 2,062 | #94 |
| 1933 | 2,037 | #91 |
| 1932 | 2,112 | #91 |
| 1931 | 2,160 | #87 |
| 1930 | 2,243 | #87 |
| 1929 | 2,228 | #84 |
| 1928 | 2,339 | #86 |
| 1927 | 2,497 | #82 |
| 1926 | 2,444 | #82 |
| 1925 | 2,577 | #79 |
| 1924 | 2,670 | #77 |
| 1923 | 2,618 | #74 |
| 1922 | 2,555 | #75 |
| 1921 | 2,712 | #71 |
| 1920 | 2,688 | #72 |
| 1919 | 2,429 | #74 |
| 1918 | 2,593 | #74 |
| 1917 | 2,477 | #70 |
| 1916 | 2,374 | #71 |
| 1915 | 2,307 | #70 |
| 1914 | 1,767 | #72 |
| 1913 | 1,384 | #72 |
| 1912 | 1,247 | #68 |
| 1911 | 654 | #66 |
| 1910 | 555 | #65 |
| 1909 | 477 | #64 |
| 1908 | 489 | #61 |
| 1907 | 427 | #66 |
| 1906 | 365 | #69 |
| 1905 | 384 | #65 |
| 1904 | 402 | #59 |
| 1903 | 335 | #65 |
| 1902 | 385 | #58 |
| 1901 | 309 | #63 |
| 1900 | 469 | #52 |
| 1899 | 352 | #54 |
| 1898 | 352 | #62 |
| 1897 | 378 | #54 |
| 1896 | 386 | #56 |
| 1895 | 377 | #57 |
| 1894 | 359 | #59 |
| 1893 | 364 | #57 |
| 1892 | 399 | #55 |
| 1891 | 357 | #50 |
| 1890 | 375 | #51 |
| 1889 | 414 | #47 |
| 1888 | 412 | #50 |
| 1887 | 343 | #49 |
| 1886 | 431 | #43 |
| 1885 | 437 | #42 |
| 1884 | 476 | #39 |
| 1883 | 431 | #38 |
| 1882 | 441 | #38 |
| 1881 | 439 | #35 |
| 1880 | 517 | #30 |
Nicknames for Lewis
- Lew
- Lewie 13 boys in the UK in 2025
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
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Lottie
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.