Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lew” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lew” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lew” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lew” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lew” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lew” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lew” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lew” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 20 0.000099263 20 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 -100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 29 0.000012422 29 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 5 22 -63%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 35 0.000016632 35 -100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 -100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 -100%
1934 31 0.000014927 31 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 -100%
1936 30 0.00001444 30 -100%
1937 28 0.000013141 28 -100%
1938 31 0.000014011 31 -100%
1939 30 0.000013615 30 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 -100%
1941 35 0.000014365 35 -100%
1942 27 0.000009884 27 -100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 30 0.000011308 30 -100%
1946 36 0.000011267 36 -100%
1947 42 0.000011659 42 -100%
1948 25 0.000007241 25 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 33 0.00000942 33 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 35 0.000009215 35 -100%
1953 37 0.000009601 37 -100%
1954 31 0.000007788 31 -100%
1955 35 0.000008717 35 -100%
1956 40 0.000009702 5 35 -75%
1957 59 0.00001404 5 54 -83%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 -100%
1959 55 0.000013228 55 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 34 0.000008208 34 -100%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 -100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 -100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%

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