Lewis

Meaning: Famous in battle
Origin: English (from Frankish) — Variant of Louis

Nicknames: Lew, Lewie

Boy's name · #433 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Lewis holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#433 in 2025). About 156,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Lewis is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#23 in Belgium (2025) · #23 in Scotland (2025) · #104 in Netherlands (2025) · #118 in N. Ireland (2025) · #173 in New Zealand (2025) · #231 in England & Wales (2025) · #254 in France (2025) · #454 in Ireland (2025) · #527 in Sweden (2025) · #562 in Switzerland (2025) · #780 in Austria (2025) · #1,101 in Ecuador (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Lewises

Lewis Carroll — British author and scholar (1832–1898)
Lewis Hamilton — British racing driver
Lewis H. Morgan — American anthropologist (1818–1881)
Lewis Milestone — Russian-American film director (1895–1980)
Lewis Mumford — American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895–1990)

In stories & tradition

Lewis Zimmerman^fr — Immortal Coil (book)
Lewis Archer — Coronation Street (TV series)

What Lewises become

Among 1,747 notable people named Lewis:

Military figures appear 1.88× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lewis Powell, American soldier and conspirator (1844–1865).

Similar names: Louis · Alonzo · Leroy · Edgar · Otis · Francis

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