Lew
Last seen for girls in 1957 at #6,086 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,193since 1880
Lew over time
Rank among boys' names. Lew has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,368 | 34 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,029 | 54 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | — | #1,273 | 35 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,245 | 35 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,460 | 25 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,157 | 36 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,204 | 30 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,240 | 31 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,108 | 35 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,156 | 33 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,226 | 30 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,145 | 35 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,225 | 34 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,390 | 29 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,231 | 32 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,240 | 29 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,000 | 21 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #422 | 18 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #381 | 20 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lew was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lew is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Lew
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1908 (#999 → #632)
- Biggest drop: 808 spots in 1909 (#632 → #1,440)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #381 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1880–1896
- Highest: 1 in 5,525 boys born in 1880 were named Lew (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.0% of all boys named Lew (394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | #381 (1880) | #552 |
| 1890s | 66 | #635 (1891) | #693 |
| 1900s | 69 | #632 (1908) | #1,026 |
| 1910s | 212 | #1,000 (1912) | #1,289 |
| 1920s | 238 | #1,225 (1925) | #1,589 |
| 1930s | 300 | #1,145 (1931) | #1,229 |
| 1940s | 313 | #1,108 (1941) | #1,246 |
| 1950s | 394 | #1,029 (1957) | #1,214 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,273 (1960) | #1,665 |
| 1970s | 106 | #1,939 (1970) | #3,555 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,412 (1981) | #5,246 |
| 1990s | 18 | #5,942 (1991) | #7,797 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,744 (2016) | #10,744 |
| 2020s | 22 | #6,897 (2023) | #10,412 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lew in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 32,799 of them was named Lew, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 239 names at #1,440; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.