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How popular is “Lewis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lewis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lewis” 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 “Lewis” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lewis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lewis” 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 517 0.002565961 517 -100%
1881 439 0.002278294 439 -100%
1882 441 0.001990674 441 -100%
1883 431 0.00198667 431 -100%
1884 476 0.001955139 476 -100%
1885 437 0.001814377 437 -100%
1886 431 0.001688104 431 -100%
1887 343 0.001386464 343 -100%
1888 412 0.001375746 412 -100%
1889 414 0.001432794 414 -100%
1890 375 0.00124419 375 -100%
1891 357 0.001245321 357 -100%
1892 405 0.001211219 6 399 -97%
1893 364 0.001119232 364 -100%
1894 359 0.001059966 359 -100%
1895 382 0.001088257 5 377 -97%
1896 386 0.001079769 386 -100%
1897 383 0.001103883 5 378 -97%
1898 352 0.000922783 352 -100%
1899 352 0.001037632 352 -100%
1900 469 0.001041625 469 -100%
1901 309 0.000893549 309 -100%
1902 385 0.000995519 385 -100%
1903 340 0.00089192 5 335 -97%
1904 402 0.00099632 402 -100%
1905 390 0.000919981 6 384 -97%
1906 365 0.000851906 365 -100%
1907 427 0.00091751 427 -100%
1908 489 0.001000718 489 -100%
1909 484 0.000946747 7 477 -97%
1910 562 0.000951396 7 555 -98%
1911 664 0.001030611 10 654 -97%
1912 1255 0.001270163 8 1247 -99%
1913 1393 0.001225035 9 1384 -99%
1914 1780 0.001256757 13 1767 -99%
1915 2314 0.001262807 7 2307 -99%
1916 2383 0.001231896 9 2374 -99%
1917 2500 0.001245795 23 2477 -98%
1918 2610 0.00120215 17 2593 -99%
1919 2450 0.001161003 21 2429 -98%
1920 2698 0.001192411 10 2688 -99%
1921 2731 0.001169841 19 2712 -99%
1922 2575 0.001124869 20 2555 -98%
1923 2629 0.001141812 11 2618 -99%
1924 2684 0.001126969 14 2670 -99%
1925 2592 0.001110872 15 2577 -99%
1926 2464 0.001073215 20 2444 -98%
1927 2517 0.001085214 20 2497 -98%
1928 2361 0.001044257 22 2339 -98%
1929 2240 0.001021823 12 2228 -99%
1930 2261 0.001016962 18 2243 -98%
1931 2174 0.001033079 14 2160 -99%
1932 2129 0.001008388 17 2112 -98%
1933 2048 0.001024283 11 2037 -99%
1934 2076 0.000999607 14 2062 -99%
1935 1986 0.000950285 12 1974 -99%
1936 1862 0.000896236 7 1855 -99%
1937 1848 0.000867333 12 1836 -99%
1938 1893 0.000855565 11 1882 -99%
1939 1866 0.000846857 10 1856 -99%
1940 1908 0.000828598 8 1900 -99%
1941 1984 0.000814308 11 1973 -99%
1942 2190 0.000801664 10 2180 -99%
1943 2194 0.000777309 13 2181 -99%
1944 2061 0.000766148 17 2044 -98%
1945 1848 0.000696594 12 1836 -99%
1946 2160 0.000675991 6 2154 -99%
1947 2453 0.00068095 14 2439 -99%
1948 2151 0.000623024 8 2143 -99%
1949 2091 0.000600039 10 2081 -99%
1950 2028 0.000578873 2028 -100%
1951 2007 0.000544827 10 1997 -99%
1952 2006 0.000528172 11 1995 -99%
1953 1858 0.000482141 6 1852 -99%
1954 1846 0.000463737 8 1838 -99%
1955 1793 0.000446566 11 1782 -99%
1956 1782 0.000432206 15 1767 -98%
1957 1672 0.000397892 1672 -100%
1958 1675 0.000405186 6 1669 -99%
1959 1548 0.000372295 14 1534 -98%
1960 1408 0.000338966 10 1398 -99%
1961 1348 0.000325423 10 1338 -99%
1962 1282 0.000317691 6 1276 -99%
1963 1290 0.000325906 6 1284 -99%
1964 1261 0.000324364 13 1248 -98%
1965 1117 0.0003081 1117 -100%
1966 1066 0.000306705 10 1056 -98%
1967 1066 0.000314001 5 1061 -99%
1968 972 0.000287709 10 962 -98%
1969 957 0.00027537 15 942 -97%
1970 1011 0.000280326 12 999 -98%
1971 943 0.000274738 9 934 -98%
1972 800 0.000254534 800 -100%
1973 755 0.000250258 7 748 -98%
1974 716 0.000235526 9 707 -97%
1975 670 0.000221899 10 660 -97%
1976 690 0.0002274 11 679 -97%
1977 671 0.000211239 6 665 -98%
1978 634 0.000199756 9 625 -97%
1979 711 0.000213706 10 701 -97%
1980 645 0.000187255 645 -100%
1981 621 0.000179512 13 608 -96%
1982 601 0.000171325 7 594 -98%
1983 602 0.000173821 8 594 -97%
1984 566 0.000162236 10 556 -96%
1985 559 0.000156622 559 -100%
1986 590 0.000165866 9 581 -97%
1987 580 0.00016086 7 573 -98%
1988 576 0.000155885 5 571 -98%
1989 560 0.000145665 560 -100%
1990 579 0.00014649 579 -100%
1991 574 0.000147358 574 -100%
1992 544 0.00014162 544 -100%
1993 460 0.000122007 460 -100%
1994 432 0.000116202 432 -100%
1995 378 0.000103218 378 -100%
1996 428 0.00011735 428 -100%
1997 372 0.000102599 372 -100%
1998 354 0.000096243 354 -100%
1999 412 0.000111536 412 -100%
2000 356 0.000094182 356 -100%
2001 339 0.00009056 339 -100%
2002 353 0.000094428 353 -100%
2003 324 0.000085211 324 -100%
2004 343 0.000089769 6 337 -97%
2005 328 0.000085309 328 -100%
2006 333 0.000084172 333 -100%
2007 339 0.000084799 339 -100%
2008 386 0.000098202 386 -100%
2009 326 0.000085336 326 -100%
2010 326 0.00008821 326 -100%
2011 371 0.000101427 371 -100%
2012 378 0.000103353 378 -100%
2013 389 0.000106702 389 -100%
2014 463 0.00012492 463 -100%
2015 495 0.000133751 495 -100%
2016 592 0.000161365 592 -100%
2017 521 0.000145686 521 -100%
2018 510 0.000145055 510 -100%
2019 507 0.00014607 507 -100%
2020 588 0.000176017 588 -100%
2021 607 0.000179164 607 -100%
2022 622 0.000183853 622 -100%
2023 648 0.0001957 648 -100%
2024 728 0.000218717 728 -100%

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