Lew — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lew

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,188 babies named Lew between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lew currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lew performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 394 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lew shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lew in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lew in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,188 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.