Boys' name · since 1915
Lewell
39 babies named Lewell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,913 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lewell is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 39 have been recorded since 1915.
Lewell has 39 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1931.
- #23,913 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 39 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lewell ranks #23,913 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #23,913 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lewell's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lewell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lewell's SSA record in two at 1919 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lewell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1931
- Peak year (1922)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Lewell by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (21 births, 54% of the file).
1910s was Lewell's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Lewell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 21 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Lewell's decade-level peak was the 1910s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lewell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lewell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.